Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BAIN (The)

BAIN (The), a stream of Aysgarth parish, N. R Yorkshire. It rises in Raydaleside, among high mountains; and runs 8 miles northward to the river Ure at Bainbridge. It expands into Simmer water 3 miles above Bainbridge; and makes two fine waterfalls. Simmer water is a lakelet of about 105 acres, a resort of water fowl, and abounding with fish; and borrows picturesque ness from surrounding scenery.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a stream"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: BAIN     |     BAIN THE     |     THE BAIN

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