Old Mill Race
lake or loch · Darlington
Old EnglishSurmised
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This name refers to a channel or stream that supplied water to an old mill. 'Old' indicates age, and 'mill race' describes the channel for the mill's water wheel.
Word origins
- Old
- Old Englishold(from eald "old")
- Mill
- Old Englishmill(from mylen "mill")
- Race
- Old Englishchannel, stream (for a mill)(from ræse "channel, stream")