Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PLYM (The)

PLYM (The), a river of Devon; rising in Dartmoor, at Plym-Head, 3 miles E of Sheepstor; and running about 16 miles south-westward and southward to Plymouthsound at Plymouth. It is sometimes called the Catwater; and its lower or estuarial reach is generally so called.


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

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

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