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.
Soar, river, midlands of England; rises on E. border of Warwickshire, and flows NE. and NW. past Whetstone, Leicester, Wanslip, Mountsorrel, Loughborough, Normanton, and Kegworth to the Trent, 12 miles SE. of Derby; is 40 miles long; in parts of the lower reaches its course has been shortened by artificial cuts to facilitate navigation.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Leicestershire AncC |
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