Maps

247 maps found.

1940, Avon Ref. NPO629228
1919, Avon Ref. POP629227
1947, Avon Ref. NPO629227
1898, Avon Ref. RNE629227
1919, Avon Ref. POP629228
1895, Avon Ref. RNE629228
1946, Avon Dassett Ref. NPO629234
1898-1899, Avon Ref. RNC629227
1919, Avon Dassett Ref. POP629234
1897-1909, Avon Ref. RNC629228
1885 - 1904, Avon Dassett Ref. HOSM36606
1908, Loch Avon Ref. RNC761063
1883, Welford-on-Avon Ref. HOSM63741
1896, Avon Dassett Ref. RNE629234
1946, Weston-on-Avon Ref. NPO866390
1946, Bidford-on-Avon Ref. NPO639708
1886, Stratford-Upon-Avon Ref. HOSM60748
1896 - 1907, Avon Tyrrell Ref. HOSM36608
1883 - 1900, Weston-on-Avon Ref. HOSM64244
1899 - 1902, Stanford On Avon Ref. HOSM60353

Books

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Memories

89 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

Part Of My Childhood

I spent many enjoyable school holidays in this town.  My Uncle had a store called Staggs the Drapery and clothing store.  Back then we used to spend many an hour wandering over to the Quay & the Priory.  We also used to ...Read more

A memory of Christchurch in 1953 by Raymond Garfield

Memory Of Soudley

Steam to Stratford, in the early 20's James Joiner (a contractor from Soudley) assembled his convoy of Traction Engines en Route to Stratford Upon Avon to start the new Sewer Contract which was awarded to Joiners for £57,000. He ...Read more

A memory of Upper Soudley in 1920 by James Bevan

The Kennet

The river is the Kennet and this view shows the junction of the Kennet river (from low level bridge on the right) and the Kennet and Avon Canal (towards the locks straight ahead). The tributary to the left is towards the West Mills flour mill (water powered). The view is upstream (West).

A memory of Newbury by Claire Allen

Born And Bred

Born in Ablington just after the war we moved to Avon Banks, where I lived until married in 1970. My mother's father, mother and brothers (Fenners) all lived in Figheldean. Having read other peoples memories it brought back probably the most enjoyable part of my youth.

A memory of Figheldean in 1951 by Conrad Evans

Life At Avon Carrow For A Yank Abroad

I moved into Avon Carrow in the Spring of 1970. I was stationed at RAF Croughton but moved my family to this small village in Warwickshire because that life was what we were used to, coming from the small ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett by Don Colley

18 Happy Years

We moved into Avon Carrow in November 1991, just after the M40 motorway had been extended to Warwick, and started the most rewarding living experience of our mature lives. The Carrow has an interesting history for such a ...Read more

A memory of Avon Dassett in 2009 by Ian Hiley

Ratfyn Power Station

In the 1950s I was in the Royal Engineers and came over from Germany to our school of military engineering at Chatham where we did a course in electrical power stations. We were then posted to Bulford barracks, and did our ...Read more

A memory of Bulford in 1954 by Norman Webb

Willcoxs And Bennets And A Jones

Is there anyone out there who can help me with a family that I believe lived in Old Sodbury House at the 1901 census? At this time William Charles Willcox 52, lived with Mary J Jones 40, who later became Willcox. ...Read more

A memory of Old Sodbury in 1910 by Sue Hodges

Summer Holidays At The Avon Water

I would have  been about ten years old and I remember on a lot of hot sunny days packing some jam "pieces" and filling an empty bottle with some diluting orange juice or even just water if there was no juice, ...Read more

A memory of Maddiston in 1975

Canter Across The Canal

It must have been around the late 1960s, early 1970s when my sister and I used to ride our ponies down to Avoncliff. We lived a short distance away in Upper Westwood and our mother liked us to ride along the tow path as it ...Read more

A memory of Avoncliff in 1970 by Frances Nelson

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Captions

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Caption For Melksham, Canon Square And War Memorial C1955

FOR MANY YEARS, after the decline of the weaving industry, the manufacture of rubber linked the two West Wiltshire towns of Bradford on Avon and Melksham.

Caption For Malmesbury, River Avon From Daniel's Well C1955

Malmesbury is virtually surrounded by the two tributaries of the River Avon.

Caption For Avoncliff, The Aqueduct C1950

On this section of the Kennet & Avon Canal, the river Avon is crossed twice.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, The Canal C1955

This area below the town's lock has been enormously improved since the Kennet & Avon Canal was re-opened throughout: boats now tie up here.

Caption For Monkton Combe, The Viaduct C1955

Go back to the Avon valley, turn right at the traffic lights by the Viaduct Inn, then left towards Lower Limpley Stoke.

Caption For Bransgore, The Post Office C1960

Avon Castle 1891 This late 19th-century mock castle was built 'at great cost and with the best materials and workmanship' by John Turner Turner, a renowned sportsman and big game hunter.

Caption For Evesham, Hampton Ferry 1895

Evesham is a good place to begin an exploration of the Vale around, the River Avon and the not too distant Cotswolds.

Caption For Bath, On The Canal 1895

The Kennet and Avon Canal, authorised by Act of Parliament in 1794 and opened in 1810, linked Bristol with London, cutting a canal from the Avon in Bath to the Kennet, which was then canalised to the Thames

Caption For Malmesbury, The River And Bridge C1960

The Avon Mill at this time was occupied by Hugh Dryden & Co Ltd, who sold antiques and works of art here until the late 1970s.

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley.

Caption For Batheaston, Stambridge C1960

Here the Roman Fosse Way climbs out of the Avon valley to cross Banner Down on its way to Cirencester, the Roman town of Corinium.

Caption For Christchurch, The Priory Church 1890

The Avon has been an important thoroughfare.

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley.

Caption For Devizes, On The Canal 1898

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley.

Caption For Tewkesbury, Mythe Bridge 1891

The beautiful River Avon penetrates to the very heart of England at Shakespeare's Stratford.

Caption For Malmesbury, The Abbey 1924

Flowing under the charming bridge in the foreground is the River Avon; this tributary is called the Tetbury Avon (it is also known as the Newnton River or the River Ingleburne).

Caption For Ringwood, The Millstream 1900

A fine view over the River Avon, with a horse cooling itself by the ancient ford and a thatcher practising his age-old craft on one of Ringwood's most picturesque cottages.

Caption For Chippenham, The River Avon C1960

The church of St Andrew and the rear of the buildings in St Mary's Street sit on the spur of land surrounded by the River Avon which attracted the Saxon settlers.

Caption For Bantham, 1926

The tiny settlement of Bantham, with its passenger ferry and boat-houses, clings to the eastern bank of the Avon where the river makes one last sweeping curve before meeting the sea.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Memorial Theatre 1922

It did not open throughout until 1815, but this included a junction with the River Avon.

Caption For Clifton, Clifton Suspension Bridge 1873

The importance to Bristol of its Floating Harbour can be gauged from this picture, which shows the Avon at low water.

Caption For Theale, The Kennet And Avon Canal C1955

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.

Caption For Feckenham, The Waterfall C1960

Across the Avon from Cropthorne, Fladbury is situated in rolling agricultural land of pasture and orchard.

Caption For Christchurch, The River Stour 1918

The circular estuary of the Stour and Avon, where the two rivers penetrate far inland, and the shores of Christchurch Bay, attract thousands of sea and wading birds, particularly during the winter months