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DOUGLAS (The), a river of Lancashire. It rises near Wigan; and runs about 15 miles north-westward and northward to the estuary of the Ribble, near Beaconsall. It is navigable to Solom; and has connection thence, by a cut of 4 miles, with the Leeds and Liverpool canal at Brier's Mill.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
Place names: | DOUGLAS | DOUGLAS THE | THE DOUGLAS |
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