Rede, (or Reed) | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rede, (or Reed)

Rede.-- (or Reed), river, Northumberland; rises at Beds wire, under Carter Fell, in the Cheviots, and flows 21 miles SE. through Redesdale to the North Tyne at Reedsmouth ry. sta.; one of the last Border skirmishes took place at Redswire in 1575.

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

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units:	Northumberland Ancient County
Place names:	REDE \| REDE OR REED \| REED
Place:	Redesdale

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