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LOWTHER (THE), a river of Westmoreland. It issues from Hawes-water; is fed, through that lake, by the streams of Mardale; runs northward, past Bampton, Knipe, Lowther Castle, Askham, and Clifton, to the Eamont at Brougham Castle; and has a total course, from Hawes-water, of about 17 miles. All its valley, reckoned from the head of Mardale to Brougham Castle, is a continuous gallery of landscape, everywhere rich in feature; and subsides from the romantically grand to the softly beautiful.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place names: | LOWTHER | LOWTHER THE | THE LOWTHER |
| Place: | Lowther |
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