Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Avon

Avon, river, S. Devon; rises in Dartmoor Forest, flows SE. to the English Channel at Thurlestone, and is 20 miles long.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Devon Ancient County

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