River Deer
The River Deer is river in Devon, a tributary of the River Tamar, joining it at North Tamerton.
Toponymy
[edit]The root of the name is uncertain, since no early forms have been found (in 1929 to 1931 Deer is used in Moore's History of Devonshire). A suggested back-formation is from Derriton, perhaps supported by aqua de Dyraton from 1282 in the Assize Rolls.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Eilert Ekwall (1928). English River Names. OUP. p. 118.