Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUNE (THE)

LUNE (THE), a river of Westmoreland and Yorkshire. It rises 2½ miles SW of Micklefell; and runs about 12 miles, in the direction of E by N, through a mountainous region, to the river Tees at the boundary with Durham, 1½ mile ESE of Middleton-in-Teesdale.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Westmorland AncC
Place names: LUNE     |     LUNE THE     |     THE LUNE

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