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River Nene

The River Nene rises in Northamptonshire in the English Midlands and flows north-east through Northampton, Peterborough and Wisbech to the Wash. Its valley was a corridor of settlement from prehistoric times, home to the Middle Angles in the early Middle Ages and to the abbey of Peterborough.

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