Great Eau

The Great Eau is a river in Lincolnshire, England, rising from 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.[1]

Calceby brook and spring, the source of the Great Eau
The Great Eau at Barfen Farm
near to Gayton le Marsh
Tidal outflow of the Great Eau

The placename element Eau for a river is common in Lincolnshire and comes not from the French, but from Old English Ea – a river, related to modern Germanic Aa.[2]

References
  1. "Steeping, Great Eau and Long Eau CAMS area overview" (PDF). The Steeping, Great Eau and Long Eau Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy. Environment Agency. January 2007. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2013. (map)
  2. Partridge, Eric (5 Sep 1977). Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. Routledge. p. 129. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  • "Chalk Streams". Lincolnshire Wolds Countryside Service. 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.


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