Trawden Brook
Trawden Brook is a minor
catchment area of 4.40 square miles (11.4 km2).[1]
Rising on Red Spa Moor as Will Moor Clough, the river becomes Trawden Brook after the confluence with Round Hole Beck at Tongue End. Shortly after it collects the stream from Lumb Spout waterfall and runs on past Hollin Hall to enter the village of
The name possibly originates from a contraction of the Old English words trog (trough) and denu (valley), an appropriate name for the river valley.[3] Brook (OE broc) is a common name for a stream, most often found in southern and central England.[4][5]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trawden Brook.
- ^ "Trawden Brook". Catchment Data Explorer. Environment Agency. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-319-22829-6.
- OCLC 82106091.
- ^ Ekwall, p8.
- ^ Cara Giaimo, "Mapping the U.K.'s Many, Many Names for Streams", atlasobscura.com, retrieved 30 November 2017
53°50′10″N 2°07′39″W / 53.836134°N 2.127606°W
