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Medina, river, Isle of Wight; rises in S. of island, at the foot of St Catherine's Down, and flows 12 miles N. past Newport (where it becomes estuarial) to the Solent at Cowes; it divides the island into the 2 liberties of East Medina and West Medina - East Medina, 46,137 ac., pop. 32,588; West Medina, 45,911 ac., pop. 20,227.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Medina |
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