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), a river of Devon. It rises in Dartmoor forest, 6 miles WSW of Ashburton; and runs, in a great casterly curve, with prevailing direction to the S, about 20 miles, past Diptford and Aveton-Gifford to the Eng lish channel at Bigbury bay.
(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: | Devon AncC |
| Place names: | AVON | AVON THE | THE AVON |
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