North Tyne

English Proper noun north Tyne en river co/Northumberland cc/England which meets the riv/South Tyne near en Hexham and becomes the River en Tyne. en 1955 September H. A. Vallance The Border Counties Line Railway Magazine 594 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.