Long Eau
The Long Eau is a river in Lincolnshire rising from the chalk streams of the Lincolnshire Wolds and joining its companion stream, the Great Eau south of Saltfleetby All Saints.
- Location map: 53°22’54"N, -0°11’46"E
The Long Eau drains a small catchment of eight and a half square miles.[1]
The name Eau is common in river names in Lincolnshire and comes not from the French, but from Old English ea, meaning simply "river.[2]
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- Chalk Streams of Lincolnshire: Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service
References
- ↑ Long Eau
- ↑ 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.