Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Foss

Foss, river, Yorkshire; rises near Yearsley, in North-Riding, and flows S. to the Ouse at York; is 16 miles long, and is navigable to Stillington (12 miles).


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

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Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Yorkshire Ancient County

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