Amble (EN) / Dowr Amal (KW)

Type: 
River
Parish: 
St Kew
Hundred: 
Triggshire
Notes: 
Tributary of the Camel
Elements: 

amal

Meaning: 
edge, boundary

dowr

Meaning: 
water, river
Elements notes: 
<dowr> 'water' + <amal> 'edge, boundary, slope'
Historic forms: 
Amal 1086, 1306; Ammal 1086, 1346, 1426, 1435; Hammal 1284, 1303; Ammel 1301; Aumal 1349; Aumelle 1383; Ambell 1596