The River Leam ( /ˈlɛm/ LEM) is a river which flows through eastern and southern Warwickshire. It is a small river about 18.75 miles (30 km) long. The town of Leamington Spa lies on, and is named after, the River Leam.
Its name came via Anglo-Saxon from Celtic leman or lemin = "having elm trees" or "marshy river". River Leame is given as an alternative spelling in Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary.
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