The Humber is a large tidal waterway on the east coast of northern England.
The Humber is an estuary formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal River Ouse and the tidal River Trent. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open Trent Falls is the name of the Confluence of the River Ouse and the River Trent which forms the Humber in Yorkshire, England Faxfleet is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The River Ouse (pronounced "ooze" is a river in North Yorkshire, England. The River Trent is one of the major rivers of England. Its source is in Staffordshire between Biddulph and Biddulph Moor. From here to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the North bank and North Lincolnshire on the South bank. North Lincolnshire is a Unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. Because the Humber is an estuary from the point at which it is formed, it is not correct to refer to it as the River Humber or (definitely not) the Humber River. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
Below Trent Falls, the Humber passes the junction with the Market Weighton Canal on the north shore, the confluence of the River Ancholme on the south shore; between North Ferriby and South Ferriby and under the Humber Bridge; between Barton-upon-Humber on the south bank and Kingston upon Hull on the North bank (where the River Hull joins), then meets the North Sea between Cleethorpes on the Lincolnshire side and the long and thin (but rapidly changing) headland of Spurn Head to the North. The Market Weighton canal ran 95 miles from the Humber estuary to its terminus near Market Weighton. The River Ancholme is a River in North Lincolnshire, England, and a Tributary of the Humber estuary North Ferriby is a Village and Civil parish in the Haltemprice area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. South Ferriby is a Village in North Lincolnshire, England situated on the south bank of the River Humber 5 km ( 3 miles) west of the The Humber Bridge is the fifth-largest single-span Suspension bridge in the world near Kingston upon Hull in England. Barton-upon-Humber or Barton is a small town in North Lincolnshire, England located on the south bank of the River Humber, and at the end of Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred The River Hull is a navigable River in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. Cleethorpes is a town and Unparished area in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated on the Estuary of the River Humber. "Spurn" can have other meanings see the Wiktionary entry.
Ports on the Humber estuary include Hull, Grimsby, Immingham , New Holland and Killingholme. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred Grimsby (or archaically Great Grimsby) is a Seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. Immingham (sometimes known locally as Ming Ming) is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary. New Holland is a small village and Port on the Humber estuary in North Lincolnshire, England. Killingholme is an area of Lincolnshire, comprising the villages of North Killingholme and South Killingholme.
History
In the Anglo-Saxon period, the Humber was a major boundary, separating Northumbria from the southern kingdoms. For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south Indeed, the name Northumbria simply means the area North of the Humber. It currently forms the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire, to the north and North and North East Lincolnshire, to the south. North Lincolnshire is a Unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. North East Lincolnshire is a Unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire
From 1974 to 1996 the area now known as East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire constituted Humberside and for hundreds of years before that, the Humber lay between Lindsey and The East Riding of Yorkshire. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Humberside was a Non-metropolitan county of England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. ("East Riding" is derived from "East Thriding", and likewise with the other ridings' "thriding" is an old word of Norse origin meaning a third part). Since the late eleventh century, Lindsey had been one of the Parts of Lincolnshire.
The estuary's single crossing is the Humber Bridge which was once the largest suspension bridge in the world. The Humber Bridge is the fifth-largest single-span Suspension bridge in the world near Kingston upon Hull in England. Now it is the fourth largest.
In August, 2005, Graham Boanas, a Hull man, became the first person to successfully wade across the Humber since Roman times. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 He started his trek on the North bank at Boothferry; four hours later, he emerged on the South bank at Whitton. Boothferry is a Village in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. Whitton is an English Village of about 170 inhabitants in North Lincolnshire. The feat was attempted to raise cash and awareness for the medical research charity, DebRA. DebRA is a British medical Research charity dedicated to the curing of Epidermolysis bullosa. He replicated this achievement in Top Gear (Series 10 Episode 6) where he races James May (who is driving a Alfa Romeo 159) across the Humber without using the Humber Bridge. James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963 is a British Television presenter and award-winning Journalist. The Alfa Romeo 159 is a Compact executive car produced by the Italian manufacturer Alfa
Two fortifications were built in the mouth of the river in 1914, the Humber Forts. The Humber Forts are two large Fortifications in the mouth of the Humber estuary in northern England: Haile Sand Fort ( and Bull Sand Fort Fort Paull is further upstream. Fort Paull is a gun battery situated on the north bank of the Humber, near the village of Paull, downstream from Hull in northern England.
When the sea level was lower in the Ice Age, the Humber was a freshwater river that could have flowed up to 30 miles or more according to sea level before it reached the sea or joined the Wash River. An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the Temperature of the Earth 's surface and atmosphere resulting in an expansion of continental Ice sheets The Wash is the square-mouthed Estuary on the northwest margin of East Anglia on the east coast of England, where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire
The Humber was once known as the Abus, for example in Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene. Edmund Spenser (c 1552 &ndash 13 January, 1599) was an important English Poet and Poet Laureate best known for The The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser, published first in three books in 1590 and later in six books in 1596
Etymology
Its name is recorded in Anglo-Saxon times as Humbre (Anglo-Saxon dative) and Humbri (Latin genitive). The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of Early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon In Grammar, the genitive case or possessive case (also called the second case) is the case that marks a Noun as modifying another As its name recurs in the Humber Brook near Humber Court in Herefordshire or Worcestershire, the word humbr- may be a word that meant "river" or similar in an aboriginal language that was spoken in England before the Celts came (compare Tardebigge). Constitution Herefordshire was reconstituted both as a new Non-metropolitan district (effective 19th July 1996 and as a new County comprising the area of the Worcestershire (ˈwʊstəʃə abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts Tardebigge is a Village in Worcestershire, England. The village is most famous for the Tardebigge Locks, a flight of 30 Canal locks
Medieval legend, as recorded in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, claims the river was named after Humber the Hun who, on trying to invade, drowned there. The Historia Regum Britanniae ( English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudohistorical account of British history Humber the Hun was a legendary king of the Huns as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth.
See also
This article is a list of the longest rivers in the United Kingdom. The North Wall is a tidal defence wall which runs for several miles along the banks of the river Humber from Moody Lane in Grimsby along the coast to theDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic