Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Deben

Deben, river, E. Suffolk; rises near Debenham, and flows SE. to North Sea, 5 miles NE. of Harwich harb.;. is 30 miles long, and is navigable from Woodbridge, a distance of 8½ miles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Suffolk AncC
Place: Deben

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