Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AVON (The)

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))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Devon Ancient County
Place names: AVON     |     AVON THE     |     THE AVON

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