Talk:Nailbourne

Name
Is it "Nailbourne" or "Nail Bourne" ? Olive Oil 14:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I have seen it referred to as both. The book I have on the Elham Valley Way refers to it as "Nailbourne" but Ordnance Survey maps label it as "Nail Bourne". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Spagus (talk • contribs) 14:12, August 1, 2006 (UTC)


 * Is nailbourne not a generic term referring to any intermittent chalk stream ? How can we address this within this article which pertains to a specific stream? --John Gibbard (talk) 14:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, it might be an idea to alter the title of the article. Locally the stream is known simply as The Nailbourne and is marked as such on Ordnance Survey maps. I think the term bourne is used across the whole of southern England to refer to streams that flow over chalk and limestone whilst many intermittent chalk streams are known as winterbournes. I'm not actually sure how the prefix nail originated or what it means. It is clear that there is more than one nailbourne - in The Kent Downs, Dan Tuson refers to nailbournes in the Petham, Alkham and Ospringe valleys and refers to the one that flows through the Elham Valley as the Elham nailbourne. I'm not actually aware of any streams outside of Kent known as nailbournes.--GkgAlf (talk) 10:41, 21 February 2008 (UTC)