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COLWELL-BAY, a bay in the west of the Isle of Wight; between Cliffs-End and Warden Point, 2 miles SW of Yarmouth. Its width is fully ¾ of a mile; its depth inland, about 2½ furlongs; its scenery picturesque; and its rocks, interesting to geologists.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a bay" (ADL Feature Type: "bays") |
| Administrative units: | Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Colwell |
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