Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Colne

Colne, river, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire; rises on a moss 3 miles E. of Saddleworth, and flows 14 miles NE. past Huddersfield to the Calder at Cooper Bridge.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Colne Valley

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