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BRADFORD-ON-AVON - LoveToKnow Article on BRADFORD-ON-AVON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | of Wiltshire, England, on the rivers Avon and Kennet, and the Kennet and Avon. |
| | Bradford appears as a borough in the Domesday survey, and is there assessed at 42 hides. |
| | Bradford was at one time the centre of the clothing industry in the west of England, and was especially famous for its broadcloths and mixtures, the waters of the Avon being especially favorable to the production of good colors and superior dyes. |
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