Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROCH (The)

ROCH (The), a river of Lancashire; rising in themoors at Upper Knowsley, near the boundary with Yorkshire; and running about 12 miles south-westward, past Rochdale, to the Irwell, 2½ miles S of Bury.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Lancashire AncC
Place names: ROCH     |     ROCH THE     |     THE ROCH

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