Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AVON

AVON, an extra-parochial tract in Chippenham district, Wilts; on the river Avon, adjacent to the Great Western railway, 3¼ miles NE of Chippenham. Acres, 156. Pop., 20. Houses, 3.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wiltshire Ancient County
Place: Avon

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