Solway

Solway

=Places=

*Solway Firth - the inlet between the north west of England and southern Scotland.
*Solway Moss - site of the 1542 Battle of Solway Moss between England and Scotland.
*Solway, Minnesota, USA.
*Solway Plain - stretches from the edge of the northern fells of Cumbria (England) to the Solway Firth and for some miles around Carlisle, and also along the Scottish border of the Firth.
*Solway Township, Minnesota, USA.
*Solway, Tennessee, USA.

People

*David Solway Canadian poet

hips

*Solway Lass tall ship
*Solway Harvester - commercial trawler sunk off the Isle of Man in January 2000

----Solway can often be confused with Solvay.


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