River Ebble














































River Ebble

River Ebble at Coombe Bisset.jpg
River Ebble at Coombe Bisset

Location
Country England
Region West of England
District Wiltshire
Physical characteristics
Source  
 - location
Alvediston, Wiltshire, England
 - coordinates 51°00′46″N 2°02′20″W / 51.0127°N 2.039°W / 51.0127; -2.039

Mouth River Avon (Hampshire)
 - coordinates
 51°02′00″N 1°45′30″W / 51.0334°N 1.7582°W / 51.0334; -1.7582

The River Ebble is one of the five rivers of the English city of Salisbury. Rising at Alvediston to the west of the city, it joins the River Avon at Bodenham, near Nunton.




Contents






  • 1 Description


  • 2 Origin of the name


  • 3 Further reading


  • 4 References


    • 4.1 Sources




  • 5 External links





Description


The Ebble rises at Alvediston, 12 miles (19 km) to the west of Salisbury, at 51°00′46″N 2°02′20″W / 51.0127°N 2.039°W / 51.0127; -2.039. It joins the River Avon 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) southeast of the city at Bodenham (51°02′00″N 1°45′30″W / 51.0334°N 1.7582°W / 51.0334; -1.7582) after flowing through Ebbesbourne Wake, Fifield Bavant, Little London, Knapp, Mount Sorrel, Broad Chalke, Stoke Farthing, Bishopstone, Stratford Tony, Coombe Bissett, Odstock and Nunton.


The River Chalke is the most significant tributary, rising in Bowerchalke and flowing through the Chalke Valley to join the Ebble at Mount Sorrel in Broad Chalke. The Chalke also provides a steady, year round flow, so that the winterbourne section of the Ebble is only from Alvediston to Knapp.


The flow of the Ebble is augmented at Little London by several pumped boreholes that feed the extensive commercial watercress farm at Knapp before the confluence with the Chalke.



Origin of the name


In the book Ebbesbourne Wake Through The Ages historian Peter Meers surmised that the land and the bourne (river) was once owned by a man called Ebbel. He also identified that from Saxon times until 1166 there were two villages called Ebblesborne, one of which then became known as Bishopstone.[1] Note that the word "bourne" is derived from the Old English "brunna".[2]



Further reading


  • Howard Phipps, Ebble Valley (2007. Whittington Press) [limited edition, illus. by author]


References





  1. ^ Ebbesbourne Wake through the Ages by Peter Meers


  2. ^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=bourn




Sources


  • Wiltshire.gov.uk - Chalk River Valleys


External links


Media related to River Ebble at Wikimedia Commons


Coordinates: 51°02′00″N 1°45′30″W / 51.0334°N 1.7582°W / 51.0334; -1.7582








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