Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WANSBECK (The)

WANSBECK (The), a river of Northumberland; rising 5 miles ESE of Bellingham; and running about 23 miles eastward, past Kirkharle, Meldon, and Morpeth, to the sea at Camboise.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place names: THE WANSBECK     |     WANSBECK     |     WANSBECK THE
Place: Wansbeck

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