River Tame

River Tame is a Celtic river name, used in England to refer to:

  • River Tame, Greater Manchester, a river that meets the Goyt to form the Mersey
  • River Tame, West Midlands, the largest tributary of the Trent
  • River Tame, North Yorkshire, a tributary of the Leven and then the Tees

Famous quotes containing the words river and/or tame:

    “In order to get to East Russet you take the Vermont Central as far as Twitchell’s Falls and change there for Torpid River Junction, where a spur line takes you right into Gormley. At Gormley you are met by a buckboard which takes you back to Torpid River Junction again.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

    “We must accept or refuse one another as we are. I could tame a hyena more easily than my Friend. He is a material which no tool of mine will work.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)