on the south of the river

[joham]

I asked if the sentence 'Scotland is/lies on the north of England' is good English in this forum some time ago and got to know that it isn't. But can we use the construction 'on the south of' in the following context:

The village lies/is on the south of the river.

Thank you in advance.

[BobK]

It would be understood as 'on the south bank/sidbe... of the river', but its not an ellipsis I've heard or used.

[Rover_KE]

Point of information:

Scotland is to the north of England.

Rover

[BobK]

Doh - missed that. It's a bit like

Paris
in the
the spring

You just edit it to make sense without noticing there's a mistake.

b

[joham]

Point of information:

Scotland is to the north of England.

Rover

Thanks a lot, Rover. I should have written 'north' in my original posting.