Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Derwent

Derwent, river, Northumberland and Durham; rises near Allenheads, on S. border of Northumberland, and flows NE. to the Tyne at Derwent Haugh, 3 miles W. of Gateshead; is 30 miles long.


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

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

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