A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
GELT (The), a river of Cumberland. It rises on Croglin fell; runs through Geltsdale forest, a wild tract contiguous to Northumberland; goes thence north-westward; and falls into the Irthing, about 2 miles SW of Brampton. Much of its course is an impetuous run over a rocky bed, in a deep narrow glen, flanked with rocky banks or heights. A viaduct of the Carlisle and Newcastle railway crosses the river adjacent to a great cut, at a height of 80 feet above the river's bed; crosses, at the same time, two public roads; takes an oblique direction, to prevent any bend in the railway; and has three arches, each 33 feet in span.
(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: | GELT | GELT THE | THE GELT |
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