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Avon, or Upper Avon, river; rises near Naseby, Northamptonshire, and flows through Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Gloucestershire, to a confluence with river Severn at Tewkesbury. It is 96 miles long, and is navigable for small vessels to Evesham. Its chief affluents are the Arne, Leame, Stour, Sow, and Swift.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
Administrative units: | Northamptonshire AncC |
Place names: | AVON | AVON OR UPPER AVON | UPPER AVON |
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