Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NIDD (The)

NIDD (The), a river of W. R. Yorkshire. It rises on Great Whernside mountain, at the boundary with N. R. Yorkshire; and runs south-eastward, past Lofthouse, Pateley-Bridge, Ripley, and Knaresborough, to the river Ouse at Nun-Monekton. Its valley bears the name of Nidderdale; contains much fine scenery; and is traversed, up to Pateley-Bridge, by the Nidd Valley branch of the North eastern railway .


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: NIDD     |     NIDD THE     |     THE NIDD
Place: Nidd

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