Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Esk

Esk, river, Edinburghshire; is formed by the confluence of the North Esk and the South Esk in Dalkeith Park, and flows 3½ miles N. to the Firth of Forth at Musselburgh.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Midlothian County
Place: Esk

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