Old Photograph Dryfe Water Scotland

Old photograph of Dryfe Water, a river about 18 miles in length which flows into the River Annan near Lockerbie, Scotland. The river starts on the southern slopes of Loch Fell, near Moffat, and then flows along a narrow valley to the Annan. Dryfe Water gives its name to the parish, Dryfesdale, and the common Scottish surname, Drysdale. A second name is the much less common surname Dryfe, or Drife. The meaning of the word Dryfe is unknown. It may be from the Old Norse, Anglo Saxon or Brittonic languages which were all used at different times in Dumfriesshire.



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