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.
OUSE (The), a river of Yorkshire. It is formed by the confluence of the Ure and the Swale, 1¼ mile E of Aldborough; it runs about 15 miles south-eastward, past Great Ouseburn, Linton, Nun-Monkton, and Overton, to York; it proceeds about 9½ miles southward, past Bishopthorpe, Naburn, and Nun-Appleton, to Cawood; it makes a circuit thence to the left, past Riccal and Barlby, on a chord of 4½ miles south-south-eastward, to Selby; it goes thence windingly east-south-eastward, over a distance in direct line of about 16½ miles, past Hemingbrough, Barmby, Armin, Hook, Goole, Swine-fleet, and Yokefleet, to the boundary with Lincolnshireat the influx of the Trent; and it there combines with the Trent to form the Humber. It receives the river Nidd at Nun-Monkton; the river Foss, at York; the river Wharfe, at Nun-Appleton; the Derwent, at Barmby; the Aire, at Armin; and the Don, at Goole. It has abreadth at the influx of the Aire as great as the Thames has at London; it connects with a number of inland navigations; and, together with its chief tributaries and the artificial navigations, it forms a network of navigation from the Humber, through great part of Yorkshire, southward to the Midland counties, and westward to the Mersey.
(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: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | OUSE | OUSE THE | THE OUSE |
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