Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for White Horse Vale

White Horse Vale, the valley of river Ock, Berks, extending 15 miles NE. from Shrivenham to vicinity of Abingdon; takes its name from the colossal figure of a galloping horse on the NW. flank of a hill.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "valley"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Berkshire AncC
Place: Vale of White Horse

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