A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
DERWENT, (The), a river of Cumberland. It rises on Bowfell, 7 miles W by N of Ambleside; runs north-ward, down Borrowdale, to Derwent-water; goes north-westward, from Derwent-water, down the vale of Keswick, to Bassenthwaite-water; and proceeds westward, from Bassenthwaite-water, past Cockermouth, to the sea at Workington. Its length of run, inclusive of the lakes, is about 30 miles. Its stream is very limpid; and its scenery is all picturesque, and varies from the grand, through the romantic, to the richly beautiful.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
| Place names: | DERWENT | DERWENT THE | THE DERWENT |
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