Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Derwent

Derwent, river, W. Cumberland; rises in the neighbourhood of Bow Fell and Sea Fell, and flows N. to Derwent Water, thence NW. to Bassenthwaite Water, thence W. to Solway Firth at Workington; is 33 miles long.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Cumberland Ancient County

Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.