Walla Brook
The Walla Brook is the name of four different streams on Dartmoor, England:[1]
- The Walla Brook rises near the Warren House Inn and flows south for some 4 miles (6 km) to join the lower East Dart River near Babeny. It forms part of the boundary between Teignbridge (to the east) and West Devon Districts.[2]
- The North Walla Brook also rises near the Warren House Inn but flows north and then east towards the River Bovey.[2]
- The Walla Brook rises near Hangingstone Hill (1 mile east of Cranmere Pool) and flows north and then east towards the North Teign River.[2] This brook is also known locally as Headon River.[3]
- The Walla Brook rises at Wallabrook Head, just south of Doe Tor, and flows west for 1 mile (1.6 km) across Doetor Common towards the River Lyd.[2]
In addition, there are:
- the Western Wella Brook, a tributary of the River Avon[2]
- the River Wallabrook. This is a tributary of the River Tavy. It is just outside the Dartmoor National Park boundary, but it flows for about 4 miles or 6 km in a southerly direction from near Brent Tor and joins the River Tavy near Tavistock.
Charlotte Shaw
On 4 March 2007, while training for the annual Ten Tors event, Charlotte Shaw was killed after she was knocked unconscious and swept downstream. She was found by a Royal Navy rescue helicopter about 20 minutes after the alarm was raised. She was found 150 m downstream from where she had fallen in. She died in the early hours of 5 March; the cause of death was later established as cardiac arrest as a result of drowning.
Etymology
There are suggestions that the name indicates continued habitation by Iron Age farmers ("the stream of the Welsh": i.e. foreigners).[1] However wella is also an Old English word for "stream".
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