Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RYE (The)

RYE (The), a river of N. R. Yorkshire; rising on Wainstone fell, among the Cleveland hills; and runningabout 35 miles southeastward, past Helmsley, Nunnington, and Butterwick, to the Derwent, 3½ miles N N E of New Malton. Its chief tributaries are the Riccal, the Dove, and the Severn.


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

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

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