Horsley Burn Waterfall
waterfall · County Durham
Old EnglishAI-generated
Horsley Burn Waterfall is named after the stream ('burn') that flows through Horsley, which is likely derived from 'horse meadow'. The name describes a waterfall on this stream.
Word origins
- Horsley
- Old Englishhorse meadow(from hors "horse", lēah "meadow, clearing")
- Burn
- Old Norsestream(from brunnr "stream")
- Waterfall
- Old Englishwaterfall(from wæter "water", feallan "to fall")