Cattewater
The city of Plymouth, in Devon, England, is bounded by Dartmoor to the north, the Hamoaze to the west, the open expanse of water called Plymouth Sound to the south, and the River Plym to the east. The lowest reach of this river, just above the point where it empties into Plymouth Sound, is known as the Cattewater.
The inlet known as Sutton Pool begins near the mouth of the Cattewater. It is around this pool that the manor of Sutton started, which grew to form the present-day city. On the northern shore of this meeting of waters there was a rock outcrop, which, it was claimed, resembled a cat in appearance.[1] This gave its name both to the Cattewater and to Cattedown, a district on its northern bank.
Apart from an occasional small oil tanker, the waterway is now used mostly by fishing trawlers, yachts, and smaller pleasure craft. There is a water taxi that runs from the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth's Barbican district to Mount Batten and also Oreston, both on the southern bank.
The spelling "Cattewater" is not old or consistent. Local sources and texts together with early maps and drawings refer to the opening of the estuary variously as Catwater, Cat Water and Catt Water.[citation needed]
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