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.
CALDER (The), a river of Lancashire and W. R. Yorkshire. It rises at Cliviger dean, among the backbone mountains, not far from Burnley; and runs about 45 miles eastward, exclusive of numerous windings, past Todmorden, Sowerby, Rastrick, and Wakefield, to the Aire at Castleford. It first traverses a moorish region, and then flows through picturesque and populous tracts, and increasing ornature and industry. It is followed, down much of its descent, by the Manchester and Leeds railway; and is connected with various canals, which give water communication between the eastern and the western seas, from Liverpool to Hull.
(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: | Lancashire AncC Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | CALDER | CALDER THE | THE CALDER |
| Place: | Calderdale |
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