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.
ORWELL (The), a tidal river, or narrow estuary, in Suffolk; really the lower or seaward reach of the river Gipping; commencing at Ipswich; and extending about 10 miles south-eastward to a junction with the mouth of the estuary of the Stour at Harwich. It has nowhere awidth of more than a mile; it makes one bend 2 miles below Ipswich, and another 6 miles further on, with theeffect of looking like a lake throughout the intermediate distance; it is flanked, along both sides, with ornate landscape, including gardens, parks, and mansions; and it was eulogised by Drayton as the "princely river." See Harwich.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tidal river, or narrow estuary" (ADL Feature Type: "estuaries") |
| Administrative units: | Suffolk AncC |
| Place names: | ORWELL | ORWELL THE | THE ORWELL |
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