Re: What color is the Rother?

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 70174
Date: 2012-10-11

At 9:13:19 PM on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, dgkilday57 wrote:

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> Cameron (p. 13) also mentions a Nether and an Upper Red
> Brook, tributaries of the Ashop, without etymological
> comment, so presumably these appear red.

If the names are old, they're much more likely to reflect OE
<hrēod> 'reed'.

Brian