deadwater

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of dead water.

name

1. A suburb of Bordon in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8035).
2. A small settlement in Kielder parish, Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NY6096).

   “The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder.”