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.
ESK, or Eske (The), a river of N. R. Yorkshire. It rises on the Cleveland hills; runs about 24 miles eastward, past Castleton, Egton-Bridge, and Sleights, to the sea at Whitby; receives many upland streamlets in its course; traverses, for a considerable way, a picturesque vale; and finally divides Whitby into two nearly equal parts. The spring-tide, at its month, rises from 14 to 20 feet; the neap-tide, from 9 to 12 feet; and the tides there rose and fell four times in less than 30 minutes on 17th July 1761.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | ESK | ESKE | ESK OR ESKE THE | THE ESK | THE ESKE |
| Place: | Esk |
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