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The River Chew is a small river in England. It merges with the River Avon after forming the Chew Valley. The spring from which the Chew rises is just upstream from Chewton Mendip. The river flows North West from Chewton Mendip through Litton, Chew Valley Lake, Chew Stoke, Chew Magna and Stanton Drew. The river passes under the A37 at Pensford almost making the old church and pub garden into an island. The river then flows through the villages of Publow, Woollard, Compton Dando and Chewton Keynsham before joining the River Avon at Keynsham. For much of the Chew's route the Two Rivers Way footpath is alongside, the same route for part of its length is also part of the Monarch's Way long distance footpath. In total the Chew flows for some through the North Somerset countryside. ==The name "Chew"== The name "Chew" has Celtic origins, cognate with the River Chwefru, ''cliwyf-ffrenwy'', "the moving, gushing water", ancient forms are ''Estoca'' (Chew Stoke), ''Chiu'' (Chew Magna) and ''Ciwetune'' (Chewton Mendip).〔"Notes on the names of parishes in the county of Somerset", ''Notes and Queries'' 15 September 1883:204, drawing upon Eyton, ''Domesday Studies'' and Collinson, ''Somerset''.〕 Its exact meaning has suggested several other explanations, including "winding water",〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=River Chew Web Site )〕 the ''ew'' being a variant of the French ''eau'', meaning "water". The word ''chewer'' is a western dialect for a narrow passage and ''chare'' is Old English for turning. However, some people agree with Ekwall's interpretation that it is derived from the Welsh ''cyw'' meaning "the young of an animal, or chicken", so that ''Afon Cyw'' would have been "the river of the chickens". Other possible explanations suggest it comes from the Old English word ''cēo'' ("fish gill"), used in the transferred sense of a ravine, in a similar way to Old Norse ''gil'', or possibly a derogatory nickname from Middle English ''chowe'' ("chough"), Old English ''cēo'', a bird closely related to the crow and the jackdaw, notorious for its chattering and thieving.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?html=b&ln=Chew&sourcecode=13304 )〕 According to Robinson it is named after the Viking war god Tiw. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「River Chew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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