Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Allen

Allen, affluent of South Tyne, Northumberland; rises in 2 head streams, on borders of Durham and Cumberland, flows N. to the South Tyne 3 miles above Haydon Bridge, and is 14 miles long.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "affluent"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Allendale

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