Walla Brook

The Walla Brook is the name of four different streams on Dartmoor, England:[1]

Walla Brook near Babeny
  • The North Walla Brook also rises near the Warren House Inn but flows north and then east towards the River Bovey.[2]
  • The Walla Brook rises near Hangingstone Hill (1 mile east of Cranmere Pool) and flows north and then east towards the North Teign River.[2] This brook is also known locally as Headon River.[3]
  • The Walla Brook rises at Wallabrook Head, just south of Doe Tor, and flows west for 1 mile (1.6 km) across Doetor Common towards the River Lyd.[2]

In addition, there are:

Charlotte Shaw

On 4 March 2007, while training for the annual Ten Tors event, Charlotte Shaw was killed after she was knocked unconscious and swept downstream. She was found by a Royal Navy rescue helicopter about 20 minutes after the alarm was raised. She was found 150 m downstream from where she had fallen in. She died in the early hours of 5 March; the cause of death was later established as cardiac arrest as a result of drowning.

Etymology

There are suggestions that the name indicates continued habitation by Iron Age farmers ("the stream of the Welsh": i.e. foreigners).[1] However wella is also an Old English word for "stream".

  1. 1 2 Dartmoor National Park Authority: Landscape Character Assessment
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ordnance Survey map (Outdoor Leisure 28)
  3. http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/walla_brook.htm


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