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EYE (The), a river of Leicestershire. It rises near Saltby, on the E border of the county; and runs, southward and eastward, past Saxby and Melton-Mowbray, to a confluence with the Wreak, at Fairwater meadow. It has been made navigable, by several cuts and deviations, to Melton-Mowbray.
(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: | Leicestershire AncC |
Place names: | EYE | EYE THE | THE EYE |
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