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Excerpt from Surrey Archaeological Collections, 1927, Vol. 37: Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County; Parts I and II
Stream-names form an important section with some Special characteristics, and data are being collected with a view to collation and the treatment of the subject as a whole rather than independently in small groups. This paper is written as a local contribution to that collection. One fact that stands out clearly is that many stream names are not individual, Le. Not peculiar to a particular stream. The very ancient names Avon, Axe, Usk, Ouse, Esk, Wye, Exe, at the time Of their early application, simply meant water, or stream, or river. SO in our own times the rustic use in ordinary speech is and has been largely the brook, or the river, or in the north the beck, or the burn and, a few centuries ago, bourne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
