Bill Gut
Bill Gut is a minor river less than a mile long, harnessed as as drainage ditch in the Pevensey Levels in the south-east of Sussex. Forming multiple tributaries, the brook rises from Langley Sewer and ultimately flows into Salt Haven, as does Langley Sewer.
Name
According to the Survey of English Place-Names, Bill Gut was known as la bylle in 1527, le greate Bill marshe in 1617 and Bill Streaks in 1840.[1]
Location
- Location map: 50°49’3"N, -0°20’41"E
References
- ↑ "Bill Gut". English Place-Name Society. http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/5328722fb47fc40c36000781-Bill+Gut.
| Rivers of the Pevensey Levels in Sussex |
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Bill Gut • Bowley Sewer • Chilley Stream • Crossing Sewer • Down Sewer • Downwash Ditch • Drockmill Hill Gut • Drove Sewer • Duck Puddle • Glynleigh Sewer • Holm Sewer • Horse Eye Sewer • Hurst Haven • Lewens Sewer • Magham Sewer • Manxey Sewer • Marland Sewer • Otham Court Ditch • Otham Feed • Pevensey Haven • Puckeridge Stream • Sackville Sewer • Salt Haven • Saltmarsh Sewer • Wadham New Cut • White Dyke Sewer • Winters Cut |