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WYRE (The), a river of the N of Lancashire; rising at Wolf Fell Crag; and running about 28 miles, chiefly southwestward, past the Wyersdales, Garstang, and Poulton-le-Fylde, to the Irish sea at Fleetwood.
(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: | Lancashire Ancient County |
| Place names: | THE WYRE | WYRE | WYRE THE |
| Place: | Wyre |
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