![]() ![]() Further downstream, archaeologists have found the remains of a mediæval bridge across another abandoned channel. ![]() An abandoned channel at Repton is described on an old map as 'Old Trent Water'. Unusually for a British river, the river channel has occasionally altered significantly in historic times. Īccording to Koch at the University of Wales, the name Trent derives from the Romano-British Trisantona, a Romano-British reflex of the combined Proto-Celtic elements * tri-sent(o)-on-ā- (through-path- augmentative- feminine), so "great thoroughfare". This may explain the presence of the Celtic element rid (Modern Welsh rhyd), meaning "ford" in various placenames along the Trent, such as Hill Ridware.Īnother translation is given as "the trespasser", referring to the waters flooding over the land. However, a more likely explanation may be that it was considered to be a river that could be crossed principally by means of fords, which is to say that the river flowed over major road routes. This may indeed indicate a river that is prone to flooding. More specifically, the name may be a contraction of two Celtic words, tros ("over") and hynt ("way"). The name "Trent" comes from a Celtic word possibly meaning "strongly flooding".
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