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Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« on: Friday 08 June 12 15:51 BST (UK) »
Driving down the A1 the other weekend we tried to remember all our rivers in order from Berwick to Newcastle.

Must have been a "senior moment" day because we missed out one or two!

The Tweed - Berwick
The Aln - Alnmouth
The Coquet - Amble
The Lyne - Lynemouth
The Wansbeck - nothing!
The Blyth - Blyth
The Seaton Burn - Seaton Sluice - don't know whether this burn qualifies!
The Tyne - Tynemouth

Have I missed any out?

When I looked at the map, it struck me that the Wansbeck has no town at its mouth and I wondered why. Was there one in the past or was the land just unsuitable for building?

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Re: Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« Reply #1 on: Friday 08 June 12 16:02 BST (UK) »
The Wansbeck comes out in Sandy Bay near to Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. The clue is in the name.....lots of sand, but there is a big caravan site at the estuary....

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Re: Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« Reply #2 on: Friday 08 June 12 16:22 BST (UK) »
Could have got most of them if I had put my mind to it, but I have to confess that it never really entered my head that Lynemouth was at the mouth of the Lyne :)
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Re: Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 13 June 12 21:10 BST (UK) »
Don't know if it counts as a "coastal town", but the remains of a fishing village can be found at the mouth of the Wansbeck, on the south side, along the road with the curious name "The Bucca".
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Re: Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 13 June 12 22:54 BST (UK) »
skida

I'm no expert on the place but I think that's a leftover from the area named "Boca Chica" after a South American battle/place..... There is quite a bit on the internet about it and how it got it's exotic name

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Re: Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 14 June 12 00:29 BST (UK) »
 I once had a boss, born in Nottinghamshire, who surprised me by reciting all the coastal rivers, not just of Northumberland, but of the whole of Great Britain. He said that he was taught them in primary school. ( My father was similarly able to quote the 50 counties of England in area size order) Examples of education by rote !

 The Maw is a small burn that flows into the north sea at Cambois. This spot got the local name of Boca Chica
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Re: Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 14 June 12 00:40 BST (UK) »
I was told that there are some earth works on the Wansbeck side of Cambois which are the remains of the original village - pre-dating Boca Chica and back before the name got 'frenchified'.  It used to appear on maps as Kamus or Cammus.

I've never looked into this so can't give any detail.

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Re: Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 14 June 12 00:57 BST (UK) »
SCOTLAND: Wardlaw Steen/Stein Tweedie McBride McEwan Pate/Peat Brown Somerville Bishop Farier/Ferrier Wood  Torrance Gibb Ross Dunlop Downs Richardson Ramsey Story Snaddon/Sneddon Auld Allan McLean McInnes Mason Law Lawson Kerr Cockburn Christie Ballingall Wardrope Weir Wallace Scott.
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Re: Northumbrian rivers and their coastal towns
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 14 June 12 07:30 BST (UK) »
Thank you Seoras

That is what I was trying to find by googling, with no success. It's a great site with clickable links to smaller maps of each river plus lovely photos.

So if you fancy a virtual walk along one of our rivers, have a look.

I have bookmarked the map as it will be really useful.

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