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NIDD (The), a river of W. R. Yorkshire. It rises on Great Whernside mountain, at the boundary with N. R. Yorkshire; and runs south-eastward, past Lofthouse, Pateley-Bridge, Ripley, and Knaresborough, to the river Ouse at Nun-Monekton. Its valley bears the name of Nidderdale; contains much fine scenery; and is traversed, up to Pateley-Bridge, by the Nidd Valley branch of the North eastern railway .
(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: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | NIDD | NIDD THE | THE NIDD |
| Place: | Nidd |
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