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The River Lea in East London is sometimes spelt Lee. I thought it was just all a bit random, but that's not the case.
Lea refers to the natural river and natural features, but Lee refers to the canalised section (The Lee Navigation) and man made features.
I grew up in a town called Moreton on the Wirral
note the "e" in the middle
Near the station there is a pub called "The Morton Arms" - note the lack of an "e"
I was never quite sure of why this was
so I checked at some point - it wasn;t the sort of pub I would go into - rather "difficult" clientele apparently
anyway - apparently the pub is named after Lord Morton who was famous at some point - so is spelled differently
the town is just a contraction of "town/village in the marsh (more)"
There was even an article the the local paper when the pub was renovated a while ago where they were saying that at long last the pub had a chance to fix the "well know mistake"