The river Severn and the mythical story of the nymph Sabrina, her tragic tale of how she was drowned in this strong estuary, a nymph who was elevated to the status of water-goddess and how the hot springs of Bath were dedicated to Sabrina, the name Sabrina is Latinised, the Welsh have the same story in which the nymph is called Hafren. But in the Domesday Book, the river Sabrina/Hafren was recorded as the river Saverne, the Welsh called the river Afon Hafren. However the etymology of this ancient water way is not clear. The river Barle, Somerset, barle is from Old English origin, it was first recorded as Beorgwella, which simply means hill-stream. The river Torridge, Devonshire, is an ancient Brit river-name, identical with the river Terig, Flint County, the Welsh word terig means rough. The river Culm, Devonshire, first recorded as Culum, derived from the Welsh word cwlwn, the Cornish colm, and the Breton word coulm, meaning, knot, looped and knotted, as the river Culm is a winding river. The river Char, Dorset, first recorded as the river Cerne in 1230AD, the word cerne is derived from the Welsh word carn, which means rock stone river in this context. The river Yarty, Devonshire, first recorded as the river Jerti in 1238AD, the word jerti is derived from the Celtic word arto, which means bear. The river Piddle, Dorset, was first recorded as the river Pidelen in 966AD, a river-name of Germanic origin, cognate with the middle-Dutch word pedel, which means fen-land or marsh. The river Brue, Somerset, the word brue, is related to the Welsh word bryw, which means brisk or vigorous. The river Cale, Somerset, the word cale is derived from the Brythonic word cawel,and the Welsh word gwyn, which means white. The river Yeo, Somerset, first recorded as the river Yevel in 878AD, the word yevel means forked and is identical in meaning with the river Ivel, Bedfordfordshire, the word forked in Breton is gablau and in Welsh gaft. The river Wylye, Wiltshire, the word wylye is derived from the obsolete Welsh word gwil, which means tricky. The Wylye is identical in meaning with the Welsh river Gwili. Tricky in the sense of difficult to navigate and liable to flood. The river Itchen, Hampshire, was first recorded as the river Icene 700AD, the word icene is related to the Norfolk tribal name of the Iceni, this river runs within 50 miles of Northampton. The river Test, Hampshire, first recorded as the river Terste in 1234AD, the word terste comes from the Welsh word tres, which means, to toil and to labour.