Dee Estuary
Other OS name in the Parish of St Oswald's
Historical Forms
- aqua Cestr' 1320 MinAcct
- Deemouth 1621 Orm2ii359 1656
Etymology
, aqua Cestr '1320MinAcct , Deemouth 1621 (1656) Orm2 ii359 , v. mūða . This body of water , and the sea into which it opens , may be the Dingesmere named in The Battle of Brunanburh , v. 240supra .