tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post5619456016537143889..comments2023-12-30T11:02:25.021+00:00Comments on Hidden Riverside Norwich: The River Tud: primary sourcesSteve Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046721785588040775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post-64896157286998231742013-03-30T17:53:02.860+00:002013-03-30T17:53:02.860+00:00Costessey Manor, on the River Tud, is said by Wiki...Costessey Manor, on the River Tud, is said by Wikipedia to have been granted by William the Conqueror to his Breton cousin Count Alan Rufus in 1066 - must have been rather soon after Hastings! A pity the government knocked the historic building down in 1919.<br /><br />I wonder whether the river Tud's name is related to the two Tweed rivers in Scotland and in Leicestershire? In Breton the word Tud means "family, clan or people", and it's also the stem of the Welsh name Tewdwr, Tudur or Tudor.<br /><br />The Tweed river in Leicestershire is adjacent to Simon de Montfort Football Park. Aside from attempting to establish a sovereign elected parliament in England, and various other matters, Simon is famous for his descendants, which included Dukes of Brittany.<br /><br />My maternal grandmother Ellen May Tweed's family came from Cambridgeshire where they lived for many centuries, in towns such as Cheveley, Duxford, Ashley-cum-Silverley and Cambridge, but retained a strong Celtic identity. All those towns contained manors owned by Alan Rufus, so I'm naturally interested in any other connection.zoetropohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561232179829754977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post-8472088329557607282013-03-09T10:09:13.177+00:002013-03-09T10:09:13.177+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.scott davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185110800919351863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7550156933556710160.post-38043789087993379362012-09-23T21:47:25.669+01:002012-09-23T21:47:25.669+01:00Brilliant, something I've always told myself I...Brilliant, something I've always told myself I'd go and look for when I had the spare time. <br />I used to be a bit obsessed by the River Tud as a child after catching a Monster Chub from next to the M&N train bridge as a child.<br /><br />Good work, <br />StuStuart McPhersonhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stumcpnoreply@blogger.com