Derwent

Derwent, the name of four English rivers: - (1) That of Derbyshire, rising in the Peak, and flowing between 50 and 60 miles into the Trent; (2) in Yorkshire, (3) in Durham, and (4) in Cumberland, draining Lakes Bassenthwaite and Derwentwater, and falling into the Irish Sea at Workington. There is also a Derwent in Tasmania with a course of over 100 miles, and navigable by a large estuary to Hobart.