Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STORT (The)

STORT (The), a river of Essex and Herts; rising near Meesden; and running about 22 miles, partly within Essex, chiefly on the boundary between Essex and Herts, mainly southward, partly westward-westward, past Bishop-Stortford, Sawbridgeworth, and Roydon, to the Lea in the vicinity of Hoddesdon.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Essex Ancient County       Hertfordshire Ancient County
Place names: STORT     |     STORT THE     |     THE STORT

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