Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, CompleteHolinshed, Raphael
History
Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
But to proceed with our purpose. Beneath this towne there falleth in a
water that hath one head néere about Challacombe, & another at east
Downe, whereof this descending by Stoke riuer, and the other by
Sherwell, they vnite themselues within thrée miles of Berstaple. Soone
after also it taketh in another that descendeth from Bitenden by
Ashford, and the last of all east of saint Anthonies chappell, named
[Sidenote: Doneham.]
the Doneham, bicause one head is at west Done, and the other at Ham,
both of them méeting west of Ash. And thus is Taue described, which is
no great water nor quicke streame, as may appéere in Low water marke
at Berstable and yet is it a pretie riueret. This also is worthie to
be noted thereof, that it receiueth no brooke from by west, whereof I
would somewhat maruell, if Taurige were not at hand.
Being past the Taue, Cride baie and Bugpoint aliàs Bagpoint, we go by
More baie, Morstone aliàs Mortstone, and then toward the northeast,
till we come by a créekelet to Ilfare combe, & so to Combe Marton,
whereat (I meane ech of them) are sundrie créekes of salt water, but
not serued with anie fresh that I as yet doo heare of. Marrie there is
betwéene Martinbow & Trensow, a créeke that hath a backewater, which
[Sidenote: Paradine.]
descendeth from Parracombe (so farre as I call to mind named Parradine
[Sidenote: Orus.]
becke) but the greatest of all is betweene Linton and Connisberie
called Ore, which riseth in Summersetshire in Exmore (east of Hore
oke, more than a mile) and going by Owre, falleth into the sea
betwéene Linton and Conisberie, so that the whole race thereof
amounteth in and out to an eight miles, as I haue heard reported. Thus
[Sidenote: The bredth of Deuonshire & Cornewall.]
haue I finished the discourse of the waters of Deuonshire, whose
breadth in this place from hence ouerthwart to the Checkstones in the
mouth of Ex, on the south side of the Ile, is eight and thirtie miles
or vnder fortie, and so much likewise is it from Plimmouth to Hartland
point, but the broadest part there commeth to six and thirtie miles,
whereas the broadest part of Cornewall doth want two miles of fortie.
Being past the aforesaid limits of the counties we came to
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