Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fowey

Fowey, river, E. Cornwall; rises on Bodmin Moor, and flows S. to English Channel near Fowey; is 20 miles long, and is navigable to the neighbourhood of Lostwithiel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Cornwall AncC
Place: Fowey

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