Walk Mill Foss
waterfall · North Yorkshire
Old NorseAI-generated
This name combines 'Walk Mill', referring to a fulling mill, with 'Foss', an Old Norse word for waterfall. It indicates a waterfall near a fulling mill.
Word origins
- Walk
- Old Englishfulling (of cloth)(from wealcan "to roll, to turn")
- Mill
- Old Englishmill(from mylen "mill")
- Foss
- Old Norsewaterfall(from foss "waterfall")