NationMaster - Encyclopedia: River Nene

The River Nene is a river in the east of England. It flows for 91 miles (147 km) through Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. The tidal river forms the border between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for about six kilometres. River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park A river is a large natural waterway. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of Earths ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the Earth. ... Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...

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The river rises at sources near Badby (the nearby village of Newnham appears to be named after it), Naseby and Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, then it flows through arable land, before entering the modern industrial landscape of Northampton, Wellingborough and Irthlingborough to flow among its gravel pits. At grid reference TL116976, the Romans bridged the river with Ermine Street in the first century. Badby is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. ... Newnham is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. ... Naseby is a village in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of around 500. ... Yelvertoft is a village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Northampton Guildhall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England on the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire, in the English East Midlands region. ... Map sources for Wellingborough at grid reference SP8967 Wellingborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England situated some eleven miles from the county town of Northampton. ... Map sources for Irthlingborough at grid reference SP9470 Irthlingborough is a small town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England with a population of around 6,000 people. ... Gravel being unloaded from a barge Gravel is rock that is of a certain grain size range. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... This article is about the edifice (including an index to articles on specific bridge types). ... Ermine Street should not be confused with Ermin Street, the road from Silchester to Gloucester. ... The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 100 according the Gregorian calendar. ...

Having passed among the gentle hills of Northamptonshire it enters the rural part of the City of Peterborough, passes the Nene Valley Railway and the East of England Showground. After the cathedral city itself, the landscape changes to the Nene Washes in The Fens and their vast, seemingly endless horizons. It flows through Wisbech, then Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire, and it finally enters the North Sea at The Wash between two towers known as "the lighthouses". Peterborough is a city in the East of England. ... The station viewed from the road A view of the station on the platform The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ... The Nene Washes are a Special Protection Area along the River Nene in the English county of Cambridgeshire. ... The Fens, also known as the Fenland, are an area of former wetlands in the eastern part of England, stretching along the coast of Lincolnshire to Kings Lynn and reaching into the counties of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk. ... OS Grid Reference: TF460098 Lat/Lon: 52Â°39â€²N 0Â°09â€²W Population: 20,200 (2001 Census) Dwellings: 9,145 (2001 Census) Formal status: Town Administration County: Cambridgeshire Region: East Anglia Nation: England Post Office and Telephone Post town: Wisbech Postcode: PE13, PE14 Dialling Code: 01945 Wisbech (IPA /wÉªzb... Sutton Bridge is a location in south-eastern Lincolnshire, England close to the borders with Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... The Wash, as seen looking west from Heacham, Norfolk The Wash is also the name of a 2001 film. ...

The Nene links the Grand Union Canal to the River Great Ouse, via the Middle Level system. Much of its route has been upgraded to a wide canal with locks at regular intervals. Some sections where the "canal" runs adjacent to the "river" are known as the "Nene Navigation". The canal at Braunston The Grand Union Canal is a canal in England and part of the British canal system. ... The Great Ouse at St Neots The River Great Ouse is a river in the east of England. ...

The name

The name Nene is a nickname for Neo. Neo is the main character in the popular action movie 'The Matrix' Everyone in Britian loves that movie so they decided to name the river after the main character!

Pronunciation of the river's name is a bone of contention in its locality, and changes as one moves downstream. Through Northamptonshire locals mostly refer to it as the [nɛn] (rhyming with "hen"), but around Peterborough it changes to [niːn] (rhyming with "mean"). The spelling was "Nen" or "Nyn" until the beginning of the 20th Century, and the point at which the pronunciation changes has been moving further inland for many years; the current edition of the Imray "Map Of The River Nene" suggests that the cut-off point is Thrapston. The City of Peterborough is a cathedral city and Unitary Authority in the East of England. ...

Whatever the spelling and pronunciation, it is suggested that the name originates from the nine springs that once fed the head of the river.

The river gave its name to the former Nene College of Higher Education in Northampton, now University of Northampton. The University of Northampton is a university in Northampton, England. ...

The river also gave its name to the Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet engine, Rolls-Royce practice being to name their gas turbine designs after British rivers. The Nene or RB.41, was Rolls-Royces third jet engine to enter production, designed and built in an astonishingly short five month period in 1944, first running on October 27th, 1944. ... Turbojets are the simplest and oldest kind of general purpose jet engine. ... Rolls-Royce plc is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electric Aviation. ... This machine has a single-stage centrifugal compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ...

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