Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAMPS (THE)

HAMPS (THE), a stream of Staffordshire. It rises near Upper Elkstone, about 5 miles from the boundaries of Cheshire and Derbyshire; runs south-eastward to a natural tunnel, near Caldon; and, while still underground, unites with the Manifold.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a stream"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Staffordshire AncC
Place names: HAMPS     |     HAMPS THE     |     THE HAMPS

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