Lapford Yeo

It is one of several rivers of the same name, including another tributary of the Taw, the Barnstaple Yeo.

[1] It flows north through Bow and Zeal Monachorum to Lapford.

[2] Its largest tributary is the River Dalch, which joins the Yeo near Lapford.

The river's catchment area is almost twice the size of the Taw's catchment area above the confluence, but has significantly lower rainfall than the upper Taw valley.

The river was earlier called the Nymet, thought to be a Celtic word meaning 'shrine'.