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.
Solway Firth, arm of the Irish Sea, bounded by the counties of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries, and Cumberland; extends inland in a NE. direction 40 miles, with a breadth diminishing from 20 miles to 2 miles. It receives the Urr, Nith, Annan, Esk, Eden, Wampool, Weaver, Ellen, and Derwent. The Solway is to a great extent occupied by broad sands, dry at low water, and is remarkable for the rapidity with which its tides ebb and flow. It abounds with fish, including salmon. The Solway Railway Viaduct (opened in 1869, reopened to traffic in 1884), between Bowness, Cumberland, and Annan, Dumfriesshire, is 1960 yards long, with banks from the English and Scottish shores 440 and 154 yards long.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "arm of the Irish Sea" (ADL Feature Type: "channels") |
| Administrative units: | Dumfries Shire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Solway Firth |
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