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FOSS (The), a river of Yorkshire. It rises near Yeardsley, in the N. Riding; and runs southward, about 16 miles, past Brandsby, - Stillington, Strensall, Towthorpe, and Huntington, to the Ouse, at York. It was made navigable to Stillington, under acts of parliament, passed in 1793 and 1801; and the navigable line of it is 12½ miles long, and includes a short canal which avoids a considerable bend of the river.
(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: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | FOSS | FOSS THE | THE FOSS |
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