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AVON (The), or East Avon, a river of Wilts and Hants. It rises 2¾ miles E of Devizes; runs about 6½ miles south-eastward, to Upavon; and goes thence about 41½ miles southward, past Amesbury, Salisbury, and Fordingbridge, to the English channel at Christchurch. It is navigable to Salisbury. Its chief affluent is the Stour. Its waters abound with small delicate loach.
(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: | Hampshire Ancient County Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | AVON | AVON THE | AVON THE OR EAST AVON | EAST AVON | THE AVON |
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