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.
Wye (or Gwy), river, Wales and West Midlands of England; rises on Plinlimmon, in NW. of Montgomeryshire, flows SE. past Rhayader in Radnorshire, Builth and Hay in Brecknockshire, Hereford, Holm Lacy, and Ross in Herefordshire, Monmouth, Tintern, and Chepstow in Monmouthshire, and falls into the Severn 2½ miles S. of Chepstow; is 130 miles long; is navigable for large vessels to Chepstow, and for barges to Hay.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place names: | GWY | WYE | WYE OR GWY |
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