Gypsey Race, Boynton, near Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire

            The Gypsey Race is a winterbourne stream (ie, a stream that is dry during the summer months) that rises to the east of Wharram-le-Street in the Yorkshire Wolds, and flows into the North Sea in Bridlington harbour. It is the most northerly of the Yorkshire chalk streams.

According to folklore, when the Gypsey Race is flowing in flood (The Woe Waters), bad fortune is at hand. It was in flood in the year before the Great Plague of 1665–66, the restoration of Charles II (1660) and the landing of William of Orange (1688), before both World War One and World War Two, plus the bad winters of 1947 and 1962.

Villagers in Boynton have an annual duck race on the stream in May. Hundreds of yellow plastic ducks are paid for and race the Race in aid of funds for the village hall.

Taken on: April 6, 2024

Sets appears in: • Burton Agnes and Bridlington

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