Editing River Ouse, Yorkshire (section)

== Sources ==
[[File:A flooded Queen&#039;s Staith - viewed from Ouse Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1730987.jpg|thumb|left|The 2010 floods in York, caused by the River Ouse]]
The traditional source of the Ouse is in the village of [[Great Ouseburn]], and is marked by a stone column reading "OUSE RIVER HEAD... OUSEGILL SPRING Ft. YORK 13&nbsp;miles BOROUGHBRIDGE 4&nbsp;miles".<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Ouseburn Parish Website|url=http://www.great-ouseburn.org/|access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref> The site is {{convert|35|m|yd|order=flip}} from the present course of Ouse Gill Beck, a small stream earlier known as ''Usekeld Beck'', meaning "Spring or source of the Ouse" (from [[Old Norse]] ''kelda'' "spring").<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=A. H.|author-link=Albert Hugh Smith|title=The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire|volume=5|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1961|page=5}}</ref>

The start of the Ouse is now considered to be the point where Ouse Gill Beck joins the River Ure, {{convert|2.5|km|order=flip}} south-east of Great Ouseburn.