Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MEES (THE)

MEES (THE), a river of Stafford and Salop. It rises near Blymhill in Stafford; runs about 6 miles northnorthwestward, partly on the boundary with Salop, but chiefly within Stafford, to Aqualate meer; traverses that lake; goes about 1¼ mile thence, past Forton, into Salop; and proceeds about 9½ miles, northwestward, southsouthwestward, and westward to the Tern, at BolasMagna.


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

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

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