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Bishop's Linn

waterfall · Northumberland

Old EnglishAI-generated

Bishop's Linn is named from Old English 'biscop' meaning bishop, and 'linn' meaning waterfall. It was likely a waterfall belonging to or associated with a bishop.

Word origins

Bishop's
Old Englishbelonging to a bishop(from biscop "bishop")
Linn
Old Norsewaterfall(from linn "waterfall")