Sisillus, ii. Sisyphus, i. Skell, iii. Slane, iii. Sleepe, ii. Slewbloome, iii.

Far below, the silver waters of the Skell meander softly amongst statues of tritons, throwing up innumerable fountain streams.

Fountains Abbey, about 2 miles south-west from Ripon in Yorkshire, stands in a beautiful wooded valley, through which runs a pretty stream known as the Skell.

This naturally did not please their abbot; but eventually, after appealing to the Archbishop of York, some land in a lonely valley, known as Skell Dale, was granted to them.