GRETA

GRETA, a romantic tributary of the Tees, in the N.W. part of the north-riding of Yorkshire. The valley of this stream was well known to the Roman conquerors; and in recent times its charms have been enhanced by the picturesque descriptions of Sir Walter Scott and other poets. The Greta rises by a few branches on the Stainmoor Forest and the northern slopes of Watercrag, the name first belonging to the branch that springs near Rere Cross on Stainmoor. These streams united flow past Bowes, a large village remarkable for its castle. Further down, the

Greta
Greville. famous scenery which deservedly renders the Greta so remarkable, presents itself in the Cliff of Scargill and the woody and rocky banks of Brignall and Rokeby, so beautifully described in Sir Walter Scott's Rokeby. Quitting "Brignall's dark-wood glen," the river passes under Greta Bridge, and, flowing along the romantic ravine between Mortham Tower and Rokeby Park, it joins the Tees.