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LEOMINSTER CANAL, a canal in Herefordshire and Worcestershire; from Leominster windingly north-eastward, past Tenbury, to the collieries near Mamble. It was formed at the end of last century; is 46 miles long; rises 496 feet, and falls 48 feet; and passes over the river Teme, and through Pensax tunnel, 3,850 yards long.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a canal" (ADL Feature Type: "canals") |
Administrative units: | Herefordshire AncC Worcestershire AncC |
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