There was a ship lying at the wharf, half laden with hay; a coasting craft from some of the greater tidal rivers, the Orwell or the blackwater.
"The Last Hope"
Henry Seton Merriman
Years ago, one of his favourite excursions-of the longer ones which he now and then allowed himself-was to Danbury Hill, some five miles to the east of Chelmsford, one of the few pieces of rising ground in Essex, famous for its view over Maldon and the estuary of the blackwater.
"The Nether World"
George Gissing
His mind began to be agitated anew with the dream of an academic retreat by other streams than the blackwater and the Leo, and in 1752 he journeyed again to England and set up his tent for the last time beneath the shadow of the Oxford spires.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy