^Secret Shropshire: Field name map of Withington Parish[dead link]
^Reported in 1838 by John Selby Prideaux and Sir William Jardine, "An attempt to ascertain the Fauna of Shropshire and North Wales", Magazine of Zoology and Botany, vol. 2 (1838), p. 538.
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river, tern, bird, river, tern, also, historically, known, tearne, river, shropshire, england, rises, north, east, market, drayton, north, county, source, tern, considered, lake, grounds, maer, hall, staffordshire, from, here, flows, about, miles, being, river. For the bird see River tern The River Tern also historically known as the Tearne 1 is a river in Shropshire England It rises north east of Market Drayton in the north of the county The source of the Tern is considered to be the lake in the grounds of Maer Hall Staffordshire From here it flows for about 30 miles 48 km being fed by the River Meese and the River Roden until it joins the River Severn near Attingham Park Atcham River TernRiver TearneThe Tern near Longdon on TernA map of the Tern and its tributaries Watershed is shown in cyan LocationCountryUnited KingdomStateEnglandCountyShropshireCityMarket Drayton AtchamPhysical characteristicsSourceMaer Pool locationlake in the grounds of Maer Hall Staffordshire coordinates52 56 34 N 2 18 54 W 52 9429 N 2 3149 W 52 9429 2 3149 elevation114 m 374 ft Mouth locationconfluence with River Severn Attingham Park Atcham coordinates52 40 41 N 2 39 45 W 52 6780 N 2 6625 W 52 6780 2 6625 elevation44 m 144 ft Length30 mi 48 km Basin featuresTributaries leftRiver Meese River Strine rightRiver RodenExtensive peat bog formerly existed 2 extending from Crudgington on the Tern as far as Newport Longdon on Tern AqueductAt Longdon on Tern the Tern is spanned by the Longdon on Tern Aqueduct the world s first large scale cast iron navigable aqueduct Benjamin Outram s 13 m cast iron Holmes Aqueduct pre dated it by a month designed by Thomas Telford to carry the Shrewsbury Canal Although no longer connected to the canal network The 62 yard 57 m long structure still stands today but is marooned in the middle of a field References Edit Secret Shropshire Field name map of Withington Parish dead link Reported in 1838 by John Selby Prideaux and Sir William Jardine An attempt to ascertain the Fauna of Shropshire and North Wales Magazine of Zoology and Botany vol 2 1838 p 538 External links EditTern Views a detailed description with photographs nbsp This Shropshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title River Tern amp oldid 1147335375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
