Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Colne

Colne.-- river, E. Essex; rises on N. border of co., 3 miles S. of Haverhill. and flows SE. to North Sea at Mersea Island; 35 miles long, and navigable to Colchester.


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

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Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Essex AncC

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