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AXE (The), a river of Somerset. It rises on the Mendip hills, 2 miles NW of Wells; and runs about 20 miles north-westward, past Axbridge, to the Bristol channel at Uphill bay. It is a good trouting stream.
(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: | Somerset AncC |
Place names: | AXE | AXE THE | THE AXE |
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