Walla Brook
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The Walla Brook is the name of three different streams on Dartmoor, England:[1]
- The Walla Brook rises near the Warren House Inn and flows south for some 4 miles (6 km) to join the lower East Dart River near Babeny. It forms part of the boundary between Teignbridge (to the east) and West Devon Districts.[2]
Walla Brook near Babeny
- The North Walla Brook also rises near the Warren House Inn but flows north and then east towards the River Bovey[3]
- The Walla Brook rises near Hangingstone Hill (1 mile east of Cranmere Pool) and flows north and then east towards the North Teign River.[4]
In addition, there is the Western Wella Brook, a tributary of the River Avon[5]
Etymology
There are suggestions that the name indicates continued habitation by Iron Age farmers ("the stream of the Welsh" (i.e. foreigners)).[6]
However wella is also an Old English word for "stream".
- ↑ Dartmoor National Park Authority: Landscape Character Assessment
- ↑ Ordnance Survey map (Outdoor Leisure 28)
- ↑ Ordnance Survey map (Outdoor Leisure 28)
- ↑ Ordnance Survey map (Outdoor Leisure 28)
- ↑ Ordnance Survey map (Outdoor Leisure 28)
- ↑ Dartmoor National Park Authority: Landscape Character Assessment
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