Great Eau
The Great Eau is a river in Lincolnshire, rising amongst the Chalk Streams of the Lincolnshire Wolds and running to Saltfleet Haven on the coast. It is joined by its companion stream, the Long Eau.
- Location map: 53°25’0"N, -0°13’0"E
The name Eau for a river is common in Lincolnshire: it comes not from French, but from the Old English word ea which just means "river".[1] The additional "u" appears to be from a Victorian 'correction' by a cartographer more familiar with the French language.
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- Chalk Streams of Lincolnshire: Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service
References
- ↑ Partridge, Eric (5 Sep 1977). Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. Routledge. pp. 129. https://books.google.com/books?id=xA9dxrhfa5kC&pg=PA129&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 18 May 2013.