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Attractive bridges over the Avon are part of Bath.
The mill is actially on the Bathampton or south bank of the Avon, beyond the toll bridge.
Three pairs of stones were driven by a water wheel, and produced 100 sacks of flour a week in 1869.
This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.
This was a large mill on the River Nadder just upstream from the confluence with the Avon.
A closer view (taken at the same time) of the timber-framed buildings in the High Street which have now disappeared.
It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury.
It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury.
This is how the River Avon looked just north of the city centre in 1923, forty years before the water meadows on the left were turned into the huge Central Car Park.
It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury.
At this time, Harnham has something of an identity of its own.
King John's bridge has straddled the Avon at Tewkesbury for some 800 years.
When it was built in 1248 it was an outstanding piece of civil engineering for its time, as it involved the diverting of the River Frome from its junction with the Avon at Bristol Bridge.
The ferry ran from Crockerne Pill to Shirehampton, seen here across the Avon.
The ladies' long frocks in this photograph must have been impossible to keep free of stains.
Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.
The Gate leads directly to Harnham Bridge over the River Avon.
The Gate leads directly to Harnham Bridge over the River Avon.
In the 1790s the Kennet and Avon Canal swept past at first floor window level of the 17th-century George Inn to cut it off from the High Street.
From the town bridge, we can see the sluice gates in a lowered position.
