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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DOVE , a See also:

RIVER

river of See also:

England, tributary to the See also:

Trent, rising in See also:

AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

Axe Edge, See also:

DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire, and through almost its entire course forming the boundary of that See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county with See also:

STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire. In its upper course it traverses a See also:

FINE

fine narrow valley, where the See also:

LIMESTONE

limestone hills exhibit many picturesque cliffs, gullies and caves. Dovedale, that See also:

PART

part of the valley which lies between Dove Holes and See also:

Thorpe See also:

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

Cloud (or with a wider significance between the towns of Hartington and See also:

ASHBOURNE

Ashbourne), is especially famous. Below Thorpe Cloud the Dove receives on the See also:

west the See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Manifold, which, like its tributary the Hamps, and other streams in the limestone See also:

DISTRICT

district, has part of its course below ground. Near the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Rocester the Churnet joins the Dove on the west, and then the course of the See also:

main stream, hitherto southerly, bends nearly easterly on passing See also:

UTTOXETER

Uttoxeter, and, winding through a widening valley, joins the Trent at See also:

Newton Solney, a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance below See also:

Burton-on-Trent. The length of the valley is about 40 M. and the See also:

TOTAL

total fall of the river about 1450 ft. The Dove is well known for its See also:

TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout-fishing, and the portion of the upper valley called See also:

Beresford See also:

Dale, below Hartington, has a See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

INTEREST

interest for fishermen through its associations with Izaak See also:

Walton and his friend See also:

Charles See also:

Cotton, whose fishing-See also:

house stands near the See also:

Pike See also:

POOL

Pool, a reach of the river with a lofty See also:

rock rising from its centre.

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