Places
36 places found.
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- Bath, Avon
- Bristol, Avon
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
- Clevedon, Avon
- Bradford-On-Avon, Wiltshire
- Weston-super-Mare, Avon
- Chipping Sodbury, Avon
- Nailsea, Avon
- Radstock, Avon
- Thornbury, Avon
- Midsomer Norton, Avon
- Keynsham, Avon
- Yate, Avon
- Kingswood, Avon
- Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- Felton, Avon
- Portishead, Avon
- Backwell, Avon
- Clifton, Avon
- Worle, Avon
- Winscombe, Avon
- Bleadon, Avon
- West Harptree, Avon
- Almondsbury, Avon
- Combe Down, Avon
- Frampton Cotterell, Avon
- Wellow, Avon
- Henbury, Avon
- Blagdon, Avon
- Banwell, Avon
- Alveston, Avon
- Frenchay, Avon
- Severn Beach, Avon
- Lower Swainswick, Avon
- Batheaston, Avon
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Memories
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Memories
Hi, I remember transferring from a seaside town to Cranham, just about the time Ackworth the builders were busy on the Cranham Park Estate. The brickfields were our dens after school, making carts from scrap pieces of timber, axles and ...Read more
A memory of Upminster in 1954 by
Fishing
We used to do our fishing further down the Avon, behind the old Oxo factory where the workers used to throw lumps of Oxo across the river to us to eat.
A memory of Chippenham in 1957 by
My Mum Was Born In Borth Y Gest
My mum was born in Borth y Gest and went to school there too and eventually marry at the church on the harbour front in 1956. My Grandad continued living there with my Grandmother until he died in 1984. Every ...Read more
A memory of Borth-y-Gest in 1957 by
The Pleasure 0f It All At Bradford On Avon !!
I remember sitting having lunch on the bank of canal seeing those charming barges slowly drifting past and making me feel that I would love to be on board going somewhere, anywhere at all just taking in the day in the warm sun, and walking over to the barge inn for a nice cool drink !!
A memory of Grosmont
Good Times At Populars
i was there in 1966 i think we were a family of six 4 boys and 2 girls our house parents were Mr and Mrs coben i think and they had a son called grant we were in avon i think i was about 6 and my youngest brother was 2 and the ...Read more
A memory of Shenfield by
Bristol At Sea
Over a thousand years ago Bristol's harbour developed around the lowest bridging point of the River Avon. The exceptional tidal range of the Severn Estuary and Avon carried laden ships into the city and scoured the river of ...Read more
A memory of Bristol by
The Llandoger Trow History
Bristol's historic King Street. The Llandoger Trow inn on right of photograph.King Street is a 17th-century street in the historic city centre of Bristol. The street lies just south of the old town wall and was laid out in ...Read more
A memory of Bristol by
The Vale Of Avon 1965 69
Since I can remember, the Brig always had a football team and I just loved to watch them as a boy, harbouring dreams that some day I might be good enough to play with them. Davie and Rab Hall ran the side and come ...Read more
A memory of Linlithgow Bridge in 1968 by
My Aunty At The Post Office Capel
I remember my Aunt and uncle moving to Capel in around 1967 - not sure? He was a lot older than my Aunty Jean - He was Desmond Orr. Family folklore says that he was rather grumpy and customers tended to keep away during ...Read more
A memory of Capel by
Captions
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Castle Road (part of the A345 to Amesbury) is on the right, and the Avon Valley is just out of the picture to the left.
In the 1940s the shop was the main Avon wool suppliers.
(Stratford-on-Avon and Midland Junction), 'L.Y.'
It was never a financial success because of its rural course, and the success of the Kennet & Avon Canal put paid to the owners' hopes.
The historic Wharf, in regular use in the days when the Kennet & Avon Canal was a vital waterway, was home to Newbury's buses when this photograph was taken.
The last paddle-tug on the Avon was withdrawn in 1907.
The Kennet & Avon Canal fell into decline after the Second World War.
Here the River Avon flows under Goose Bridge.
This view is from Harnham Hill, looking north eastwards across the Avon and an area of farmland which is just beginning to become built-up as the suburb of Harnham.
Facing us is Abbey Mill, whose origins date back eight centuries to the time when monks from the Benedictine monastery diverted the River Avon to power the mill to grind the corn that made their daily
In 1801-02 engineer William Jessop came up with his own designs for a tide-free city dock area that would enclose the Avon from Rownham ot St Philip's.
Leaving Daventry on the west-bound turnpike to Warwick and Stratford upon Avon we arrive at Staverton village.
In the days of sail, vessels making their way up the Avon to Bristol had to contend with several problems: the current, the wind through the Gorge, and the serpentine course of the river itself.
Running across the middle of the picture is the weir, which maintained the head of water; it has now been removed during the re-management of the Avon.
Unusually, this river flows north to join the River Avon at Evesham; most Cotswold rivers flow south-east to join the Thames.
Since 1977 the Afan Burrough has undertaken reclamation works at the sites of the Avon and Scatton colliery and of the disused railway.
The impressive and imposing ruins of Malmesbury Abbey look down on the River Avon 60 feet below.
The Church, seen across the combined waters of the Avon and Stour on their way to the sea, is a commanding feature of the scenery.
Beyond the stream, the River Avon flows towards the Mill Brewery, also called the Maltings; it was originally owned by C R Luce, and later became the Linolite Limited factory between
King John's bridge has straddled the Avon at Tewkesbury for some 800 years.
Restoration has now been completed by Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust.
Unusually, this river flows north to join the River Avon at Evesham; most Cotswold rivers flow south-east to join the Thames.
We are overlooking the Old Bell gardens and looking towards the river Avon and the Malmesbury Branch Railway.
Centre left of the picture we can see a Bon Marché shop; the Bingo Hall now stands on this site.
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