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WITHAM (The), a river of Rutland and Lincoln. It rises near Market-Overton, in Rutland; runs about 3 miles north eastward, into Lincoln; goes north-ward, past Colsterworth, Grantham, Claypole, and Thurlby, to Lincoln city; proceeds thence eastward, to the vicinity of Bardney; and goes thence south eastward, past Kirkstead, and Boston, to the Wash, near the influx of the Welland. Its total length of run is about 80 miles.
(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: | Lincolnshire AncC Rutland AncC |
Place names: | THE WITHAM | WITHAM | WITHAM THE |
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