Eden Water is a
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the
River Tweed
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is a river long that flows east across the Border region in Scotland and northern England. Tweed cloth derives its name from its association with the River Tweed. The Tweed is one of the great salmon rivers ...
in the
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by West Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, and East Lothian to the north, the North Sea to the east, Dumfries and Galloway to the south-west, South Lanarkshire to the we ...
of Scotland.
"Water" is the
Lowland Scots term for a small river.
The Eden Burn rises to the east of
Lauder
The former Royal Burgh of Lauder (, ) is a town in the Scottish Borders in the historic county of Berwickshire. On the Southern Upland Way, the burgh lies southeast of Edinburgh, on the western edge of the Lammermuir Hills.
Etymology
Alt ...
at Corsbie Moor on Boon Farm. The Eden Water passes
Bassendean village and Bassendean House and the hamlets of Fawside and Mack's Mill. Next is the county town of
Gordon, and the Water flows through Gordon East Mains, under the A6105, then through the
Mellerstain House
Mellerstain House is a Scottish Estate houses in Scotland, country house around north of Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland. It is currently the home of George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington, a ...
estate, and the river now turns east towards Old Nenthorn, Nenthorn House, and
Nenthorn where the A6089, the B6404 and the B6364 pass over it. After passing by
Ednam
Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Places nearby include Stichill, Sprouston, Nenthorn, Eccles, Gordon, Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle.
The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name i ...
Cliftonhill and Ednam East Mill, the Eden Water joins the River Tweed where the A698 bridges it.
Etymology
''Eden'' is a fairly common outcome in English of a
Brittonic river name that can be reconstructed as *''ituna'' 'to gush forth'.
[Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).]
See also
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Rivers of Scotland
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List of places in the Scottish Borders
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*
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References
External links
RCAHMS record for Eden WaterRCAHMS / Canmore record for Eden Water, Watermill
Tributaries of the River Tweed
Rivers of the Scottish Borders
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