Narrowboats.
On the Erewash canal at Hallam Fields.
For those unfamiliar with name, it is pronounced "Erreh-wash" The canal runs more or less alongside the river.
From Wiki:
Etymology
The approximate meaning of the name is not in doubt, but there is room for debate about the precise derivation and its connotations. Brewer[1] gives the commonly accepted explanation that it comes from the Old English words irre ("wandering") and wisce ("wet meadow"). This is accepted by Cameron, a leading place name expert, and a Derbyshire specialist, who interprets the name as "wandering, marshy river".[2] Gelling, who specialises in seeking precise topgraphical equivalents for toponymic elements, confirms that wisce signifies a marshy meadow[3] but gives only southern examples. She conjectures that there is an element, wæsse, perhaps Old English, that signifies very specifically "land by a meandering river which floods and drains quickly",[4] and her examples are primarily Midland and northern. This seems to fit the Erewash perfectly. A good example of the meandering character of the river will be seen around Gallows Inn Playing Fields, Ilkeston, where rapid flooding and draining occur frequently.
Narrowboats.
On the Erewash canal at Hallam Fields.
For those unfamiliar with name, it is pronounced "Erreh-wash" The canal runs more or less alongside the river.
From Wiki:
Etymology
The approximate meaning of the name is not in doubt, but there is room for debate about the precise derivation and its connotations. Brewer[1] gives the commonly accepted explanation that it comes from the Old English words irre ("wandering") and wisce ("wet meadow"). This is accepted by Cameron, a leading place name expert, and a Derbyshire specialist, who interprets the name as "wandering, marshy river".[2] Gelling, who specialises in seeking precise topgraphical equivalents for toponymic elements, confirms that wisce signifies a marshy meadow[3] but gives only southern examples. She conjectures that there is an element, wæsse, perhaps Old English, that signifies very specifically "land by a meandering river which floods and drains quickly",[4] and her examples are primarily Midland and northern. This seems to fit the Erewash perfectly. A good example of the meandering character of the river will be seen around Gallows Inn Playing Fields, Ilkeston, where rapid flooding and draining occur frequently.