Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Strid, The

Strid, The, chasm in the channel of river Wharfe, N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles NW. of Bolton Priory and 6 miles NE. of Skipton; has a width of only 4 ft., and the waters of the Wharf e rush through it with great impetuosity.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "chasm"   (ADL Feature Type: "canyons")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: STRID     |     STRID THE     |     THE STRID
Place: The Strid

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