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Swale, river, North-Riding Yorkshire; rises on mountains at boundary of Westmorland, 4 miles SE. of Kirkby Stephen, and flows E. and SE., past Muker and Richmond, to the Ure 1 mile E. of Aldborough; is 60 miles long, and is navigable for 8 miles above its junction with the Ure.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Swaledale |
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