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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
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Memories Of The Queens Head Willsbridge
At the bottom of Willsbridge and Brockham hills, on a busy Bath to Bristol road, stands an unassuming little building called The Queen's Head public house. Unlike other pubs in the vicinity, The Queen's ...Read more
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Devizes Memories
A DEVIZES GIRL REMEMBERS Before talking of my own memories, it would seem appropriate to start by sharing some valuable ones of my Father who was born in 1906 and spent his whole life in the town. During the last five years of his ...Read more
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This view shows Bridge Street on the north bank of the Kennet and Avon canal.
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.
The bridge over the River Avon at Ibsley, with its white water weir, wildfowl and waterside scenery, is a good place to halt if you are following that lovely river up from the sea.
King John's bridge has straddled the Avon at Tewkesbury for some 800 years.
It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury. Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon.
It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury. 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.
It was most likely built by William Lightfoot, mayor of Salisbury in 1451 and later MP for Salisbury. Crane Bridge carries the road over the River Avon.
The mill is actially on the Bathampton or south bank of the Avon, beyond the toll bridge. In this view it has been converted into the Weir Tea Garden Hotel, and the meadow turned into a tea lawn.
The ladies' long frocks in this photograph must have been impossible to keep free of stains.
Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook.
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.
The Gate leads directly to Harnham Bridge over the River Avon.
The Gate leads directly to Harnham Bridge over the River Avon. This was an important medieval trading entrance to the city for traders and travellers from the west.
In the 1790s the Kennet and Avon Canal swept past at first floor window level of the 17th-century George Inn to cut it off from the High Street.
From the town bridge, we can see the sluice gates in a lowered position. The buildings behind were attached to the rear of the mill and also contained stabling.
