Esk

The local witch, Granny Weatherwax, present at Esk’s birth realizes when Esk is still quite young, that she does indeed have magic powers.

Witches and Wizards « So Many Books 2005

We went along above the Esk, which is a little rattling, rumbling, clear, rocky river, prettier than any we ever saw in England ....

Lady John Russell Ed 1910

On the Scotch side of the Esk were the Johnstones and Armstrongs, and on the English the Graemes of Netherby; both clans being alike wild and lawless.

The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

Isk, now called Esk, which running by that City, gave it formerly the denomination of Isca.

The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698 1687

Crag faces like Pillar Rock, Esk Buttress, Cam Spout Crag and Napes Needle could well pass within metres of the rock polishers' wingtips as they soar by a world where only climbers and their ropes normally venture.

Country diary: Grasmere, Lake District 2011

Some of them are in particularly spectacular locations, such as Bird How sleeps four, from £319 per week, a remote fellside cottage above the River Esk in Cumbria, and waterside Quay Cottage, the only holiday cottage on the National Trust-owned Brownsea Island in Poole harbour and already booked up for most of the year.

UK cottages: a guide to leading rental companies 2012

In February Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys mental health trust announced that it was the first NHS organisation to extricate itself from a PFI agreement.

Government must learn from PFI mistakes, says NAO 2011

Then he was shooting even more randomly, missing, bouncing his way up the back lanes towards Boot, through the grey-rocked splendour of the Esk valley, Bow Fell looming like mountain deity.

Derrick Bird: dangerous thoughts about the trigger inside that will forever haunt Cumbria 2010

He died peacefully at his home in the Esk Valley on the North York Moors.

Archive 2010-01-31 Bill Crider 2010

This would place the battle somewhere on the Solway plain, perhaps at a strategic crossing of the River Esk or the Liddel Water, which is a plausible sort of location for an important battle.

The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010