The river is overlooked by Fordy Wood Copse, a 0.64 hectares (1.58 acres) woodland owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
According to one source, it derives from a root meaning winding.
[3] Another view holds that it means shrinking, as compared with the more powerful Yeo.
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