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Great Eau
The
Great
Eau
is a
river
in
Lincolnshire, England
,
rising
from the
Chalk Streams
of the
Lincolnshire Wolds
and
running
to
Saltfleet Haven
on the
coast
. It is
joined
by its
companion
stream
, the
Long Eau
.
The
placename
element
Eau
for a river is common in
Lincolnshire
and
comes
not from the
French
, but from
Old English
Ea
– a river, related to
modern
Germanic
Aa
.