Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for VYRNWY (The)

VYRNWY (The), a river chiefly in Montgomery, but partly dividing that county from Salop. It rises on the Berwyn mountains; runs northeastward, past Llwydiarth, Mathrafal, and Maitfod, to Llansantffraid; and goes thence eastward, past L1anymynech, to the Severn at Melverley. Its length of course is about 35 miles; and its chief tributaries are the Einion, the Cain, and the Tanat.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Montgomeryshire Ancient County       Shropshire Ancient County
Place names: THE VYRNWY     |     VYRNWY     |     VYRNWY THE

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