River Derwent, North East England
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The River Derwent is a river which flows between the historic county boundaries of Durham and Northumberland, and in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. It broadens into the Derwent Reservoir, west of Consett. The Derwent is a tributary of the River Tyne, which it joins at Derwenthaugh near Gateshead. River Derwent flows next to the Gibside estate.
Etymology
The name Derwent comes from the Brythonic/Early Welsh word for oak derw and valley -went.[1]
Course
River Derwent flows for 35 miles from its origin, where two streams, Beldon Burn and Nookton Burn meet approximately a mile west of Blanchland, to Derwenthaugh where it flows into the River Tyne (the confluence is between Blaydon and the MetroCentre complex). On its journey, the River Derwent flows through places such as Allensford, Shotley Bridge, Blackhall Mill and Rowlands Gill. The Derwent Walk Country Park at Rowlands Gill[2] is named after the river.
Wildlife
Brown trout (Salmo trutta) and European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) are present in the Derwent, and are open for fly catching on Tyne Rivers Trust website.[3]
In popular literature
The Muggleswick-born writer, John Carr, wrote a 40 verse poem "Ode to the River Derwent".[4]
References
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- ↑ alternatively water dour / der/ dar and white (g)-went. See under DUR http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Misc/Etymology.html
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