The Gwash, Leicestershire
Historical Description
Gwash, The, a river of Leicestershire, Rutland, and Lincolnshire. It rises on the east border of Leicestershire, runs eastward through the centre of Rutland, past Normanton, Empingham, and Great Casterton, and falls into the Welland, in Lincolnshire, a little E of Stamford, Its length of run is about 20 miles. A proverb, referring to the parts of Holland in Lincolnshire, says-" The Gwash and the Welland shall drown all Holland."
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Newspapers and Periodicals
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