Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Welland

Welland, river; rises on NW. border of Northamptonshire, and flows NE. along borders of Leicestershire and Rutland and through SE. of Lincolnshire to the Wash; it is 70 miles long, has basin area of 760 square miles, and is navigable for small craft up to Market Deeping.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Leicestershire AncC       Lincolnshire AncC       Northamptonshire AncC

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