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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Avon like this:
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.
Avon is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Avon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Avon in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22442
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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