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WAVENEY (The), a river of Norfolk and Suffolk; rising near Brettingham and near the source of the Little Ouse; and running about 50 miles east-north-eastward, along the boundary between the two counties, past Diss, Harleston, Bungay, and Beccles, to a confluence with the Yare, at the head of Breydon-water, 4½ miles WSW of Yarmouth. It is navigable for barges up to Bungay.
(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: | Norfolk Ancient County Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | THE WAVENEY | WAVENEY | WAVENEY THE |
| Place: | Waveney |
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