Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BECHAN

BECHAN, a river of North Wales. It rises on the Berwyn mountains, near the boundary between Montgomery and Merioneth; and runs 16 miles south-eastward, past Llanwddan, Llwydiarth-Park, and Pont-Dolanog, to the Einion, 1¾ mile below Maifod.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Montgomeryshire AncC

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