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LODDON (THE), a river of Hants and Berks. It rises near Old Basingstoke, in Hants; runs north-north-eastward, past Stratfieldsaye, to an entrance into Berks 1 mile W of Riseley; and goes north-north-eastward, across Berks, to the Thames at Wargrave. Its length of course is nearly 30 miles. Pope Speaks of the Loddon as "with silver alders crowned, "and celebrates it as the Nymph Lodona in his "Windsor Forest; "and Drayton speaks of it, in reference to its influx into the Thames, as
Contributing her store,
As still we see the much runs ever to the more.
(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: | Berkshire AncC Hampshire AncC |
Place names: | LODDON | LODDON THE | THE LODDON |
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