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In 1838 the South Midland Temperance Association embraced a large number of towns, including Stratford-upon-Avon.

Standing on a little hilltop, Sopley Church overlooks the course of the Avon.

The church of St Lawrence is right alongside the Kennet & Avon Canal.

Christchurch stands on two rivers, the Stour and the Avon.

This turn of the century photograph shows a thatcher busy at work on the roof of a picturesque cottage on the banks of the River Avon, which flows serenely through Ringwood on its way to Christchurch and

This is part of Binton Bridges, linked bridges which span the Avon between Welford and Binton by way of mid- stream islands.

Tetbury is one of the statelier towns of the southern Cotswolds, overlooking a tributary of the River Avon.

It was best at high tide, for then the muddy bottom of the Avon would not be on show.

The bridge over the River Avon at Ibsley, with its white water weir, wildfowl and waterside scenery, is a good place to halt if you are following that lovely river up from the sea.

It is situated on the Avon in an extensive and complex area of water meadows and carriers which control the flow of the river downstream.The parish church is extremely old and surprisingly large

Following the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the Kennet and Avon Canal was closed to navigation in 1951, about four years before this photograph was taken.

The mill is actially on the Bathampton or south bank of the Avon, beyond the toll bridge.

Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.

Maybe the unmetalled roads in all villages looked like this after a heavy storm in 1906, but this scene is also a reminder of Britford's close proximity to the Avon.

It was close by that the Roman invaders landed, founding a town close to the mouths of the Stour and the Avon.

Yelvertoft stands near the Grand Union Canal, on a stream which flows into the Avon.

Behind is the splendid medieval-style railway line of the 1840s raised above the flood plain of the Avon with castellated turrets and battlemented parapets.

Pershore is an old market town of considerable charm on the right bank of the River Avon.

Situated on the mouth of the Avon, it is a popular seaside resort, and boasts a harbour with the deepest berthing facilities in the British Isles.

Nearly seven hundred years later, the bridge was still carrying all south- bound traffic around the city and across the Avon, but a new bridge was built just downstream in 1931.