Devil's Water is a river in
Northumberland, England. A tributary of the
River Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wate ...
, it joins that river from the south, near the village of
Dilston about south-west of
Corbridge. It is formed from the waters of several smaller
burns and
sikes between
Embley and
Hackford some south of
Hexham
Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden, Northumberland, Warden nearby, and ...
.
Its tributaries include the
Rowley Burn and West Dipton Burn.
[
Devil's Water is of historical interest, figuring in the Battle of Hexham.
]
Etymology
The name ''Devil's Water'' may share an etymology with the various rivers named ''Douglas'' in Northern England and Scotland such as the Douglas Water
The Douglas Water ( gd, Dùghlas) is a river in South Lanarkshire of south-central Scotland. It is a tributary of the River Clyde.
Etymology
The river's name comes from the Gaelic ''dubh-ghlas'' or Brittonic ''dūβ-*glẹiss'', both meaning ei ...
and River Douglas.Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
''du-glais'').
References
Rivers of Northumberland
History of Northumberland
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