Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WINNATS (The)

WINNATS (The), a wild deep chasm, about a mile long, in Castleton parish, Derby; traversed by a mountain road to Chapel-en-le-Frith and Buxton. It is overhung by steep precipices; it was originally called Windgates; and it probably got that name from a fierce sweeping of it with high winds.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a wild deep chasm, about a mile long"   (ADL Feature Type: "canyons")
Administrative units: Castleton CP/AP       Derbyshire AncC
Place names: THE WINNATS     |     WINNATS     |     WINNATS THE

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