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Axholme, Isle of, a flat and formerly marshy tract in extreme NW. of Lincolnshire, encircled by the rivers Trent, Don, Torne, and Idle, 18 miles long, about 5 miles broad, containing 7 pars. and 2 market towns.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "a flat and formerly marshy tract" (ADL Feature Type: "wetlands") |
Administrative units: | Lincolnshire AncC |
Place names: | AXHOLME | AXHOLME ISLE OF | ISLE OF AXHOLME |
Place: | Axholme |
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