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SOAR (The), a river of Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and Notts. It rises on the E border of Warwickshire; runs northeastward, past Whetstone and Leicester, to Wanlip; receives, in that neighbourhood, the Wreak; proceeds thence north-north-westward, past Mount-Sorrel, Loughborough, Normanton, and Kegworth, to the Trent 1½ mile E of Sawley; and, over the last 6¾ miles, traces the boundary between Leicestershire and Notts-Its total run is about 40 miles; and its course, in some parts of the lower reaches, has been shortened by cuts to facilitate navigation.
(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: | Leicestershire AncC Nottinghamshire AncC Warwickshire AncC |
Place names: | SOAR | SOAR THE | THE SOAR |
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