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The Wash

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

The Wash inlet of the North Sea, 20 mi (32 km) long and 15 mi (24 km) wide, between Lincolnshire and Norfolk, E England. It receives the Witham, Wellend, Nene, and Ouse rivers. It is mostly shallow with sandbars and low, marshy shores. Dredged ship channels lead to King's Lynn and Boston .

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Wash, The

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Wash, The Lincs./Norfolk. The Wasshes c.1545. OE wæsc ‘sandbank washed by the sea’, originally used of two stretches fordable at low water.

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Wash, The

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Wash, The, England/UK The Wasshes Derived from the Old English wæsc ‘sandbank washed by the sea’.

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