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Halesworth. It was insolvent by 1884, partly due to attempts to reclaim saltings at Blythburgh, which resulted in the estuary silting up and partly due to the opening of the
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335:Walberswick rowing boat ferry
106:Physical characteristics
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21:River Blyth (disambiguation)
493:Rivers and watercourses of
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268:and it reaches a tidal
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330:Drowning by Numbers
300:and the village of
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566:Oulton Dyke
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606:Categories
541:River Lark
531:River Dove
506:River Alde
386:References
376:Blythburgh
351:Halesworth
341:Navigation
314:Blythburgh
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205:52°18′48″N
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591:River Yox
571:River Rat
556:River Ore
306:A144 road
282:North Sea
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208:1°40′30″E
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