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River Lea

Also known as River Lee

The River Lea is a river in south-east England, about 68 km long, rising in Bedfordshire and flowing through Hertfordshire to join the Thames in east London. Around 886 the treaty between Alfred the Great and the Danish leader Guthrum used it as part of the boundary between English territory and the Danelaw.

River Lea
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Danish Kingdom of East Anglia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). River Lea. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/river-lea
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