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.
Severn.-- river, North Wales and W. of England; rises in a small lake on E. side of Plinlimmon, at SW. border of Montgomeryshire, and flows NE., SE., S., and SW. past Llanidloes, Newtown, Montgomery, Welshpool, Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Bewdley, Stourport, Worcester, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Minster worth, Newuham, Awre, Berkeley, and Oldbury, to the Bristol Channel; is 180 miles long; is navigable to Welshpool, becomes tidal at Gloucester, and estuarial at Awre; the Severn Bridge, a railway bridge of 22 spans, and 3581 ft. long, crosses the river at Sharpness; the Severn Tunnel, a railway tunnel 4¼ miles long, extends beneath the bed of the river, a little below New Passage, from near Pilning sta. to near Severn Tunnel Junction sta.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Montgomeryshire AncC |
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