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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.

The bridge over the Avon is in the distance. On the right, a shop front has been added to an earlier building. From the pavement the change would be almost invisible.

The Roman town of Aquae Sulis, now Bath, grew up at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the river Avon.

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 Kennet & Avon was a working canal when this picture was taken. Today, the only boats you will see are recreational ones.

Situated on the Avon, Cropthorne Mill has often attracted the attentions of artists and photographers.

The Fosse Way runs down from the right of this picture to meet the Avon and follow it to Bath, three miles away.

Linwood is situated high on the heathlands of the western edge of the New Forest, overlooking the broad valley of the Avon.

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

The ferry ran from Crockerne Pill to Shirehampton, seen here across the Avon. It closed in 1974 with the opening of the M5 bridge, which carried a walkway and cycle track along with the motorway.

Harnham Bridge crossed the Hampshire Avon just south of Salisbury between the twin hamlets of East and West Harnham. The former was a parish in its own right.

The River Avon flows serenely through Ringwood, and not far away is Fridays Cross.

Bigbury-on-Sea stands on a promontory above the River Avon, which rises high on southern Dartmoor. This was a rural backwater until well into the 20th century.

Bradford-on-Avon has changed little in the last century. There has been no by-pass, no rash of new developments.

Abbot Lichfield's Bell Tower, built in 1539, dominates the water meadows of the River Avon. Notice the Romany caravans at rest on the far bank.

To the north-west of the New Forest is the peaceful little town of Fordingbridge, named after the ancient ford and medieval bridge which facilitate a passage across the River Avon at this point.

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

Bidford-on-Avon is one of eight villages satirically described in a rhyme attributed to William Shakespeare and penned after a heavy drinking session.

Established by the Romans on the banks of the river Avon, it was known to them as Aquae Sulis; the Roman bath-house is now open to visitors. The river here passes over a weir.

This famous Edwardian county hotel was built on the edge of Savernake Forest, where the Great Western Railway and the Kennet and Avon Canal enter the Vale of Pewsey.

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

In a scene that has changed little in 100 years, the tranquil surface of the River Avon gently reflects the majesty of the Cathedral and its magnificent 404 ft spire, the highest in England.

The stream is a tributary of the Hampshire Avon which rises close by.

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