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.
GRETA (THE), a stream of N. R. Yorkshire. It rises on Stainmore, at the boundary with Westmoreland; and rugs about 15 miles east-north-eastward to the Tees, at Rokeby Park, 2¾ miles ESE of Bernard Castle. The lower part of its course lies along a romantic gel, celebrated by Sir Walter Scott in " Rokeby; " and its cogfluence with the Tees occurs amid scenery which has been made famous by Turner, and of which Sir Walter Scott says, - " 'Twas a fair scene ! the sunbeam lay On battled tower and portal grey, And from the grassy slope he sees The Greta flow to meet the Tees, Where, issuing from her darksome bed, She caught the morning's eastern red, And through the softening vale below Rolled her bright waves in rosy glow. "
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a stream" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | GRETA | GRETA THE | THE GRETA |
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