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.
GEORGE'S (St.) CHANNEL, the sea-reach between Wales and Ireland, connecting the Atlantic ocean with the Irish sea. It extends north-north-eastward; is about 100 miles long; has a mean breadth of about 56 miles; and occupies an area of about 5, 600 square miles. Its breadth, from St. David's head to Carnsore point, is 51 miles; from Aberystwith to Cahore, 72 miles; from Bardsey to Mizen head, 45 miles; from Holyhead to Dublin, 48 miles. Cardigan bay, on its E side, washing the coast of Wales between St. David's head and Bardsey, with projection north-eastward, forms about one-sixth of its entire extent. The channel's depth, in the middle parts, varies from 40 to 70 fathoms; and in the side parts, from 10 to 30. Its bottom is chiefly sand and gravel; and its W side has sandbanks. An incessant current besets it north-eastward, with sufficient force to bear unwary vessels, going northward, against the Welsh coast. Lights are on its E coast at the Smalls, St. Anne's head, the Bishop and Clerks, Bardsey island, Holyhead, and Skerries; and on its W coast, at the Saltees, Tuskar, Wicklow, Kish banks, and Howth head.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))