Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MEDEN (THE)

MEDEN (THE), a river of Notts; rising on the bordors of Derby, near Hucknall-under-Huthwaite; running about 18 miles north-eastward, partly along the boundary with Derby, to a confluence with the Maun and the Poulter in the neighbourhood of Elksley; and combining there, with these streams, to form the Idle.


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

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

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