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.
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.
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
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).
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.
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.
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.
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