A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
AVON (The), or Upper Avon, a river of Northamp ton, Leicester, Warwick, Worcester, and Gloucester. It rises at Avon-Well, near Naseby in Northampton; runs 8 miles west-south-westward, along the boundary with Leicester; goes south-westward, nearly through the centre of Warwickshire, past Rugby, Warwick, and Stratford on-Avon; and proceeds in the same direction, on the boundary with Gloucester, across the S of Worcester, and into the NW corner of Gloucester, past Evesham and Pershore, to a confluence with the Severn at Tewkesbury. its length of course is about 96 miles. Its channel, in many parts, as at Warwick and Stratford, is picturesque; and in other parts, through long reaches, lies along rich low country. Its chief tributaries are the Alne, the Leame, the Stour, the Sow, and the Swift. It is navigable for barges to Stratford; and is connected thence, by a branch canal, with the Worcester and Birmingham canal.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Gloucestershire AncC Leicestershire AncC Warwickshire AncC Worcestershire AncC |
| Place names: | AVON | AVON THE | AVON THE OR UPPER AVON | THE AVON | UPPER AVON |
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