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Wash, The, estuary of the rivers Ouse, Nen, Welland, and Witham, Norfolk and Lincolnshire, E. coast of England, 22 miles long by 15 miles broad; the Lynn Deeps, on the Norfolk side, and the Boston Deeps, on the Lincolnshire side, afford anchorage to fairly sized ships, but most of the estuary is very shallow.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "estuary" (ADL Feature Type: "estuaries") |
| Administrative units: | Lincolnshire Ancient County Norfolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | THE WASH | WASH | WASH THE |
| Place: | The Wash |
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