The Breamish is a river inNorthumberland, England, which rises on Comb Fell in theNorthumberland National Park on the southern side ofThe Cheviot. It is one of the nine rivers rising in theCheviot Hills, the others being theCollege Burn, the Harthope Burn, theBowmont Water, the Kale Water, the Heatherhope Burn, theCoquet, theAlwin and theRiver Rede.
There are two notable villages in the upper Breamish valley:Ingram andLinhope, both of which are in the Northumberland National Park.[1]
The Breamish becomes theRiver Till in the locality of Bewick Bridge, 8.5 km to the southeast ofWooler;[2] this is the only tributary of theRiver Tweed that flows exclusively in England.
The nameBreamish is ofBrittonic origin and derived from the verbal rootbreμ–. "bellow, bray, roar" (Welshbrefu).[3] This is the origin of the riversBraan, Scotland andBrefi, Wales.[3]
The Salters Road runs from the upper Breamish Valley across the Cheviots into Scotland. This was the historic pack-horse route for carrying salt from the coast into the Scottish borders.[4][5]On the hills above the Breamish Valley are many archaeological remains of earlier occupations, from Neolithic and Bronze Age burial sites to hillforts, farmsteads, field systems and deserted medieval villages.
The headwaters of the Breamish are surrounded by hills over 2000 feet (610 metres) above sea level, vizThe Cheviot (815m),Hedgehope Hill (714m), Comb Fell (652m), Cushat Law (616m) and Bloodybush Edge (610m).Linhope Spout, a 60 ft waterfall that falls into a 16 ft plunge pool, is located on the Linhope Burn, a tributary of the Breamish, 1 km north of Linhope village.[6]
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