[spring] A Gypsey is a name given to intermittent springs and streams in the Yorkshire Wolds. In Wiltshire and Dorset the same phenonoma is known as winterbournes, in Kent known as nailbournes, and as lavants in Hampshire. The gipseys are streams formed from springs from the waterladen chalk that consititutes the Yorkshire wolds. The spring... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsey_(spring)