Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Derwent

Derwent, river, N. Derbyshire; rises on High Peak, on N. border of co., and flows S. and SE. past Derby to the Trent near Sawley on border of Leicestershire; is 60 miles long.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Derbyshire AncC
Place: Derwent

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