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  Avon (county) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The County of Avon was a short-lived non-metropolitan county and ceremonial county in the west of England, named after the River Avon which ran through it.
Avon was one of the counties in the "first tranche" of reviews conducted by the Banham Commission in the 1990s.
The demise of the County of Avon was the focus of a documentary called The End of Avon by the BBC produced by Linda Orr and Michael Lund broadcast in 1996.
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 Avon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Avon, New Brunswick, in the province of New Brunswick
New Avon, New Brunswick, in the province of New Brunswick
Avon, a commune in the département of Deux-Sèvres.
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 Avon County Rowing Club - Bath and Bristol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Avon County also took the equivalent honours in the Junior event with Vicki’s sister Charlotte combining with Emma Mitchell from Marlow to take the Gold medal and a place in the England team for the Home Countries International to be held in Cork, Ireland.
Avon enjoyed further success as Chris Hopper coached the selected GB junior quadruple scull to a comfortable gold medal in their equivalent senior event in a top quality field that included many senior crews with Commonwealth and GB experience.
Despite greater finesse the Avon County duo were unable to match the power of the Northwich crew after the 1000 metre mark and Northwich gradually pulled away to a three length lead in a time of 5.30 minutes.
www.avoncountyrowingclub.org.uk /news03.htm   (1617 words)

  
 Avon New York — Our Community, Rochester NY Personal Injury Attorneys, Livingston County
Avon, New York is a delightful small town nestled on the eastern banks of the beautiful Genesee River.
Avon is found in rural Livingston County, the Gateway to the New York's enchanted Finger Lakes Region.
Avon is in close proximity to the awesome Letchworth State Park, known as the 'Grand Canyon of the East', a spectacular gorge full of high cliffs and tumbling waterfalls.
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 Avon (county) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Avon (county), former county, south-western England, bordered on the west by the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel, on the north by...
The River Avon runs across the county from north-east to south-west, and divides it into two regions.
North of the river is the region known as the...
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 Avon, Ohio; Theories of History and Science
The City of Avon, Ohio, is located in northeast Lorain County near Lake Erie.
At the close of the American Revolution in 1783, the British and the Iroquois organized a general Indian confederation to defend the Ohio River frontier against the Americans.
The land that was to become Avon lay in Indian territory.
www.avonhistory.org   (143 words)

  
 CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-OBSOLETE COUNTIES
The County of Avon was formed in 1974 from the City of Bath, the City and County of Bristol, the southern part of the County of Glocestershire and the northern part of the County of Somerset.
The County of Cleveland was formed in 1974 from the Hartlepool County Borough, the Teesside County Borough, the south-eastern part of the County of Durham and the north-eastern part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.
The County of Hereford and Worcester was formed in 1974 from the City of Worcester, the County of Herefordshire and the majority of the County of Worcestershire.
www.civicheraldry.co.uk /obs_county.html   (1898 words)

  
 Avon Schools Hendricks County, Indiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Avon Community School Corporation which oversees the operation of five elementary schools, an intermediate school (5th and 6th grade), a middle school (7th and 8th grade) and a high school (grades 9-12).
The Avon schools were recently recognized as Indiana "Four Star" schools by the Indiana Department of Education by placing in the top 25 percent of all Indiana schools for its statewide testing scores (ISTEP) and graduation rate.
The Avon Community School Corporation serves more than 4800 students and provides direction and oversight for the school district.
www.hendrickscounty.com /comm_avon_ed.html   (98 words)

  
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Avon County SMBC was formed in July 1993.
Although Avon as a County was subsequently split under new boundary changes into the 4 unitary areas of North Somerset, Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol City, and South Gloucestershire, the name has been retained and continues to cover these four areas.
Avon is a separate SMBA from Somerset and from Gloucestershire.
www.bob.weafer.clara.net /avoncnty   (275 words)

  
 BBC - Somerset - So Somerset - Avon: the name that refuses to die
I much prefer them to Avon County, but they are the size of county districts and have their own councils and unitary authority status and are only considered parts of their original counties for ceremonial purposes.
Avon was never a county in the true sense, it was just an organisation which delivered public services but used the term County Council which is where the confusion all began.
Admittedly some ‘civil service’ bureaucrats decided to invent the County of Avon in 1974 (the year after we celebrated its 600th anniversary) that was supposed to include Bristol but I always refused to recognise this as I believe only the Queen would have sufficient authority to repeal Bristol’s status.
www.bbc.co.uk /somerset/content/articles/2006/01/06/adam_thomas_inside_out_feature.shtml   (3638 words)

  
 The Press Newspaper
Avon Lake, is one of the few individual cities to address the issue.
Avon’s finest were in full force April 28 as two separate calls to the fire and police departments led to a fury of activity on opposite ends of town.
At 3:06 p.m., the Avon Police Department began receiving several 911 calls of an injury crash on SR 611 (Colorado Avenue) in front of McDonald’s near I-90.
www.bright.net /~thepress   (823 words)

  
 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
Avon covers an area of just over 500 square miles and is therefore one of the smallest of British counties.
The main feature of Avon is the river of the same name, known as the Bristol Avon in due deferrence to the other rivers with that same name in England.
One famous, adopted, son of Avon was the Navigator John Cabot who, along with his son Sebastian, discovered the islands of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and opened up new trade routes for England in the 15th and 16th Centuries.
www.camelotintl.com /heritage/counties/england/avon.html   (171 words)

  
 birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
There is a large and active community of birders centred on Bristol (the city which holds about 50% of the county’s 1 million population) and consequently Avon is one of the better-recorded counties in the region.
However, there is a strong population of Buzzards in the county, Grey Wagtail and Dipper are well-represented on the county`s faster-flowing rivers.
There is at present no modern avifauna for the county, but a team has started work on the initial stages of a project to produce one sometime in the next millennium.
www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/england_avon_and_bristol.html   (3822 words)

  
 Maine Local Government - Town of Avon - Main Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Avon is a town in Franklin County, named for the river in England and incorporated on February 22, 1802 from the township 02 AP.  In 1853 it ceded land to the town of Strong.
Avon's settlement is scattered along the Sandy River between Phillips and Strong, with State routes 4 and 149 on each side of the river.
The 3,000-foot Mount Blue is located in the southwest corner of the town in Mount Blue State Park, the major portion of which is in the adjoining town of Weld.
www.maine.gov /local/franklin/avon   (98 words)

  
 Avon Real Estate and Homes for Sale in Hendricks County, Indiana
Avon was created conveniently at the intersection of U.S. 36 and S.R. Since the town was incorporated in 1996, Avon has attracted many insurance, accounting and real estate businesses as well as retail outlets.
Many of these retailers are situated along U.S. Avon Community School Corporation serves the educational needs of over 4,800 students, in a public school system boasting some of the state’s top schools.
Avon’s real estate market is dominated by an extensive selection of single-family detached homes.
www.avon-indiana.com   (661 words)

  
 The City of Avon Lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The City of Avon Lake, located in Northern Ohio between Cleveland and Lorain, and is part of Lorain County.
Avon Lake's park systems are made up of 220 acres of parks and playgrounds that will keep any family entertained.
Avon Lake is a highly educated, professional community with a quality school system which makes it one of the more attractive communities in the Lorain/ Elyria metropolitan area.
www.avonlake.org   (308 words)

  
 Avon, Hatteras Island : Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Buxton - On The Outer Banks Of North Carolina - also Corolla, Duck, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Just south of Avon, the "Canadian Hole" is one of the most popular spots.
Windsurfers are drawn by the ever-present winds along the Outer Banks --just as the Wright Brothers were drawn to Kill Devil Hills, sixty miles to the north, in 1903.
The original village is situated on a picturesque harbor, and still retains some of the old-style island homes.
www.hatteras-nc.com /avon   (111 words)

  
 Avon Scouts...
The Queen is celebrating her 80th birthday on 21 April, and as part of the festivities The Scout Association has been officially invited to Windsor Castle.
The next Avon Scout County Young Peoples’ Forum is being held at Benjamin Perry Boat House on 7 May 2006.
The County Patrol Camping Weekend ("Post and Press") is being held at Woodhouse Park from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th June.
www.avonscouts.org.uk   (507 words)

  
 International Civic Heraldry-United Kingdom AVON COUNTY COUNCIL
The crest combines the unicorn of Britsol with the sword St. Paul (one of the patron saints of Bath Abbey) and the crown of King Edgar, who was crowned King of all England by St. Dunstan in Bath Abbey on Whit Sunday A.D. 973 The sword and crown occur in the arms of Bath.
The historic importance of the Avon ports is linked with that of the Royal Forests which covered a large part of the County.
On the shoulder of the sea-stag is roundel of six white and blue waves, again representing the rivers and springs of the County.
www.ngw.nl /int/gbr/a/avon.htm   (473 words)

  
 Avon, Indiana Hendricks County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Incorporated in 1996, Avon is Hendricks County’s newest town, and is enjoying an explosion of growth.
Quick access to I-465 and the Indianapolis International Airport is a major attraction for Avon, which is located 8 miles west of Indianapolis.
Avon is one of Hendricks County’s leading commercial centers.
www.hcedp.org /comm_avon.html   (94 words)

  
 Avon Pest Management Policy Launched   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Avon County Council publicly launched its comprehensive pest management policy at a seminar held on 28 July.
The motivating force behind development of the policy was Avon’s positive health and safety policies, but environmental factors are a major consideration in its aims and objectives.
These include the list of approved and non-approved pesticide active ingredients for use in Avon County Council, the UK Red List and EC Black list, botanical and wildlife advice, non-chemical methods of pest control, health and safety and other reference sources and contacts.
www.pan-uk.org /pestnews/pn25/pn25p19a.htm   (441 words)

  
 Avon,Livingston County,New York
Preston, Marie, Avon, Heart of the Genesee Country, Avon, Avon Herald-News, Inc., 1958.
The first sawmill was built by Timothy Hosmer, at Littleville, in 1790, and the first gristmill by the Wadsworths, in 1792.
The first schol was kept by Pedie Jonier, at Avon in 1792.
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 Shakespeare County Raceway :: Welcome to One of Europe's Top Drag Strips.
Shakespeare County Raceway is located at Long Marston just outside of the main town of Stratford, and is ranked as one of Europe's premier Drag Racing venue's.
Formerly known as Avon Park Raceway and Long Marston Raceway, the track has a long association with Drag Racing and a very proud Drag Racing heritage reaching back to 1973 when the track first opened.
Avon Park International Racers Association, is the affiliated club for all supporters and National Championship Drag Racing held at Shakespeare County Raceway.
www.shakespearecountyraceway.com   (419 words)

  
 Complaint to the Ombudsman against Bath & North East Somerset Council, the former Avon County Council and the ...
X over the years, it was not until their MP wrote on their behalf in June 1994 that the County Council took the final steps necessary to grant planning permission.
Z did not contact the County Council as they were under the mistaken belief that planning permission had been issued.
Planning permission was eventually granted by the County Council in June 1995, and the situation was inherited by the new Bath and North East Somerset Council in April 1996.
www.bathnes.gov.uk /committee_papers/PTandE/pt990325/14compla.htm   (839 words)

  
 The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995
Article 5 provides for the abolition of the county of Avon and of certain Avon districts and councils.
Article 11 effects the structural change by providing for the transfer, on 1st April 1996, of the functions of Avon County Council, in relation to each district in the county to the transferee authority for that district.
Article 15 makes provision in respect to Avon County Council's structure plan and to enable local plans prepared by Avon district councils under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to contain minerals and waste polices.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1995/Uksi_19950493_en_10.htm   (433 words)

  
 Clay Pigeon Shooting Association - Avon County
The county of Avon has, of course, now been restructured into the four unitary authorities of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath, and North East Somerset.
People wishing to start in the sport are well looked after and the Avon CPSA has a good relationship with Mendip Shooting Ground where beginners are encouraged and trained and an introductory package is available for those who may have heard about the sport and who want to have a go.
If any issues should arise please email avon cpsa Click Here This relationship has been built through the Avon CPSA participating in the Firearms Consultative Group that meet regularly to aid communication between the sport and the constabulary and ensure the well being of members interest in regards to firearm certificate application and legislation.
www.cpsa.co.uk /county/avon/index.cfm   (375 words)

  
 ALHN--Rock Co., WI--History of Avon Township
AVON, Town, in the county of Rock, being town 1 N., of range 10 E.; centrally
This is the least valuable township in the county for agricultural purposes, as
The village of Avon is located on Sugar Creek or River, where there is a very fine flouring-mill, chesse factory, etc. The town was settled in 1844.
www.usgennet.org /usa/wi/county/rock/Twp/HistA.html   (329 words)

  
 The Avon (Coroners) Order 1996
As the County of Avon is not currently divided into coroners' districts, the new district will be coterminous with the existing County.
Article 2(3) provides for the person who, on 31st March 1996, holds the office of coroner for the County of Avon to continue as coroner for the new coroner's district.
Article 3 transfers any rights and liabilities of Avon County Council as the relevant council for the purposes of the 1988 Act to the City of Bristol Council.
www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1996/Uksi_19960656_en_1.htm   (840 words)

  
 Jobster: Avon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Jobs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A well established manufacturing machine company in Randolph is seeking an inside salesperson to assist in the sales of new, used and rebuilt machines as well as parts and service to the household, chemical, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries.
We are one of the largest and strongest rehabilitation organizations in the country, serving over 700 skilled nursing centers, assisted living facilities, hospitals, home health companies, adult day care programs, and outpatient clinics.
You will be responsible for the overall outreach and marketing functions related to all of our school consultation programs, and will serve as aliaison with school and district...
www.jobster.com /z/local-jobs/MA/Norfolk/Avon-11.html   (1457 words)

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