Railland Ditch is a minor river—brook—and drainage ditch of the Pevensey Levels in Hailsham, Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It rises from Yotham river and flows an easterly course, before turning northward. It then flows into Kentland Sewer via a tributary stream before finally flowing into Kentland Fleet. Railland Ditch also gives rise to, and receives the waters of, several unnamed streams.[1]
Etymology edit
According to the Survey of English Place-Names, Railland Ditch was known as Reylond in the Valor Ecclesiasticus in 1535, Reyland Marsh in a deed in 1690, and Raylands Marsh in an unpublished work dated 1840. It states Rey is derived from Middle English ey (egg) and lond meaning "land".[2]
References edit
- ^ Eastbourne & Hastings: Crowborough, Battle & Heathfield (Map). 1:50,000. OS Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 14 June 2017. ISBN 9780319231449. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ "Railland Ditch". Survey of English Place-Names. English Place-Name Society. Retrieved 14 March 2023.