TRENT, a river of England, rises in Staffordshire, four miles N. of Burslem; flows in an irregular course, at first S.E. then E., and finally N.E. and N., through the counties of Derby, Nottingham, and Lincoln; and after a course of 170 miles, unites with the Ouse to form the estuary called the Humber. It drains an area of 4082 square miles; and receives the Dove, Derwent, Idle, and Tarn, from the left, and the Tame, Soar, and Devon, from the right. The
Trent, Council of, and by barges to Burton.