Sor Brook
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The Sor Brook is a brook located mostly in Oxfordshire, in the South of England. It is a tributary of the River Cherwell.[1]
The name "Sor" may be cognate with the name of the River Saar in France and Germany and therefore of Celtic origin, or with the name of the River Soar in Leicestershire. The Sor family of Shenington, near the source, may have taken their name from the brook.[2]
History
There have been ten known watermills on the Sor Brook, nine of which were of Saxon origin. Several are mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, some lasting into the 20th century as working mills.[2]