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.
ROTHER (The), a river of Derbyshire and W. R. Yorkshire; rising near Pilsley, in Derbyshire; and running about 21 miles northward, past Chesterfield, Staveley, and Beighton, to the river Don at Rotherham. It is closely followed, along nearly all its course, by the railway from Derby to Rotherham.
(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: | Derbyshire AncC Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | ROTHER | ROTHER THE | THE ROTHER |
| Place: | Rother Valley |
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