The river Trent, Staffordshire, was first recorded as the river Trisantona in 115AD, the word trisantona in old Brythonic and in old Breton treanton, which means trepasser, a river liable to flood. The river Lugg, Shropshire and Herefordshire, recorded as Lugge in 1231AD, is identical in meaning with the Welsh rivers of Llugwy and Lligwy, derived from the Welsh word llug, which means light, all could be associated with the Celtic deity Lugh, but in this context, the river Lugg becomes a bright stream. The river Lodden, Berkshire, first recorded as the river Lodena in 1215AD, its name is derived from the Old Brythonic word lutna and from the Old Irish loth, which means muddy, in Gaul, the river Luteva and the river Lutosa, all were regarded as muddy rivers. The river Blythe, Staffordshie, the word blithe is derived from the Old English, which means gentle. The river Tove, Northamptonshire, the word tove is from the Middle-Dutch word toeven, which means to linger, and from the Brythonic tof, which means slow. The river Evenlode, Worcestershire, was first recorded as the river Euulangeladae in 772AD, this river was named after an individual and means, Eowla's Passage. The river Deben, Suffolk, the word deben is derived from the Old English deopa baece, which means deep valley. The river Alde, Suffolk, simply means the old river. The river Waveney, Norfolk and Suffolk, was first recorded as the river Wahenhe in 1275AD, the word wahenhe is derived from the Old Enlish word wagian, which means a quaking fen, which is liable to flood and become treacherous underfoot. The river Dove, Derbyshire, the word dove is derived from the Brythonic word dubo, which means dark black river. The river Orwell, Suffolk, first recorded as the river Arwan in 1016AD, the word arwan is derived from the Old English word arwe, which means river by the shore, and the OE word ora, which means bank, it was recorded as the river Orewell in 1341AD. The river Perry,Shropshire, the word perry is derived from the Welsh word pefr, which means radiant and bright. The river Cary, Somerset, was first recorded as the river Kari in 725AD, and is derived from the Old Brythonic word caric and the Gaul carus, which means pleasant. The river Roden, Shropshire, the word roden is derived from the Old Brythonic rutuna, the Welsh rhuthr and the Latin ruo, which means rush. The river Sow, Staffordshire, first recorded as the river Sowa in 1118AD, the word sowa is derived from the root word seu, which means to flow, seu in turn is from the Welsh sug and the Gaul savus.

The river Dee, Cheshire, in Welsh it is called Dyfrdwy, but from the Ancient Brythonic it was called the river Deva, the holy river of the goddess Deva, the name is related to the Latin divus, which means devine, deified and goddess. In Old Welsh it was called the river Aerfen, the war-goddess. The river Weaver,Cheshire, recorded as the river Weever in 1133AD, identical in meaning with the river Wipper, Germany, however it is not a Germanic root word, it is derived from a collection of Latin words Vibrare, flexuosus and tortuosus, which means winding, the winding Weaver. The river Yarrow, Lancashire, recorded as the river Yarwe in 1190AD, identical in meaning with the river Garewe, Glamorgan, Wales, derived from the Welsh word garw, which simply means rough. The river Ribble, Lancashire, recorded as the river Rippel in 715AD, it was also previously called the river Ribyll in Celtic times, but the old Celtic etymology is very obscure, however in Old English the word ripel meant tearing, or to tear. The Romans built a fort on its banks called Ribchester. The river Dane,Cheshire, not Danish as it would appear, but Middle-Welsh, from the word dafn, which means a drop, and from the word dafno, to trickle. Also the Old Norse word dave, ...yes dave, which means pool and trickling stream. The river Calder, Cumberland, recorded as the river Caldeu in 1201AD, derived from the Old English cald-ae, which means cold water, also from the Welsh word caled, which means violent and hard. Identical in meaning with the two Welsh rivers, the Calettwr and the Clettwr. The river Idle, Nottinghamshire, recorded as the river Idlac in 730AD, derived from the Old English word idel, which simply means slow. The river Don, Durham, first recorded as the river Doni Amnis, the Latin word amnis, which means river, on the banks of the river Don stands Doncaster, in Brythonic times it was called Cair Daun, which the Romans rebuilt, the word don is derived from the Old Brythonic word dana, which is related to Old Irish danu and the River Danube, from the Sanskrit word danu, which simply means water. The river Dearne, Yorkshire, from the Old English word dierne, which means, the hidden river, the Dearne was first recorded as the river Dirna.