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Avon Castle, on the opposite bank of the river from Ringwood, is an area that has become increasingly built-up and urbanised since this photograph of a country gentleman's home was taken in the last full

In Saxon times this old town was known as Twyneham, meaning 'the town between the streams' - in this case the Avon and the Stour, whose waters empty into Christchurch Harbour.

This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.

Yet another of Worcestershire's imposing old mills stands on the banks of the River Avon near to Fladbury.

The church, partly medieval with some rebuilding over the centuries, dominates what was a busy three days a week market square surrounded by Georgian frontages, and the banks of the river Avon.

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

Harnham Bridge crossed the Hampshire Avon just south of Salisbury between the twin hamlets of East and West Harnham.

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

Aveton Gifford (pronounced Auton, meaning the settlement on the Avon) stands at the head of the estuary.

Sitting on a steep slope of the Avon Valley between Stroud and Nailsworth, Woodchester is home to one of the best Roman mosaic pavements in the country.

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.

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.

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.

This delightful stretch of towpath, with its lines of quaint cottages and period houses, is where the Kennet & Avon Canal enters Newbury on its way to meet the Thames at Reading.

Ringwood sits on the River Avon, and is situated on the Hampshire/Dorset border.

In this view of the River Avon, we see a horse cooling off by the ancient ford and a thatcher practising his age-old craft on one of Ringwood's most picturesque cottages.

This is how the River Avon looked alongside Churchill Gardens, just south of the city centre in 1923.The bridge in the distance is the old Harnham Bridge—the photograph was taken before the building

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.

Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon.

Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon..

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.