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ESK (The), a river of the N of Cumberland. It comes in from Scotland; is a large stream at entering; forms, for about a mile, the boundary between Scotland and England; runs, about 8½ miles south-westward to the head of the Solway frith, about midway between the Sark and the Eden; and receives, on its left, near the end of its course, the river Line.
(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: | Cumberland AncC |
Place names: | ESK | ESK THE | THE ESK |
Place: | Eskdale |
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