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	River Avon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"River Avon" in England therefore, literally means "River River" as does "Afon Afan" (River Afan) in Welsh.
		River Avon, Devon, Bigbury on Sea near Salcombe
		The etymology of Avon is the Proto-Celtic abonā, meaning "river"*.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Avon (160 words)

	Hampshire - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hampshire is a county on the south coast of England.
		Hampshire County Council is based in Winchester, a historic city that was once the capital of the ancient kingdom of Wessex.
		The 2001 census gave the population of Hampshire (in its new 1997 borders) as 1.24 million; the population including Portsmouth and Southampton was around 1.6 million.
	openproxy.ath.cx /ha/Hampshire.html (322 words)

	HAMPSHIRE - LoveToKnow Article on HAMPSHIRE
		Hampshire is in the diocese of Winchester, excepting small parts in those of Oxford and Salisbury, and contains 411 ecclesiastical parishes or districts wholly or in part.
		Hampshire suffered less from the Conquest than almost any English county, and was a favorite resort of the Norman kings.
		Hampshire was among the earliest shires to be created, and must have received its name before the revival of Winchester in the latter half of the 7th century.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HAMPSHIRE.htm (4809 words)

	AVON - LoveToKnow Article on AVON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The length of the river, excluding minor sinuosities, is about 75 m., the distance from Bradford to Bath being 10 m., thence to Bristol 12 m., and thence to the mouth 8 m.
		The UPPER AVON, also called the Warwickshire, and sometimes the Shakespeare Avon from its associations with the poets town of Stratford on its banks, is an eastern tributary of the Severn.
		Among other occurrences of the name of Avon in Great Britain there may be notedin England, a stream flowing south-east from Dartmoor in Devonshire to the English Channel; in South Wales, the stream which has its mouth at Aberavon in Glamorganshire; in Scotland, tributaries of the Clyde, the Spey and the Forth.
	18.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AV/AVON.htm (828 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Floods warnings: region by region
		Norfolk, Suffolk: The River Waveney from Diss to Bungay
		Gloucestershire: River Severn from Tewkesbury to upstream of Gloucester
		Warwickshire: River Avon from Stratford to upstream of Evesham
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2622097.stm (939 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Son-Sor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Songhua (Sungari) is a river in north-east China, rising in south- eastern Jilin province and flowing north and north-east to the Amur River near Tongjiang.
		Sonning is a village on the River Thames in Berkshire, England.
		Sopley is a village on the River Avon in Hampshire, England.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GS5D.HTM (373 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Foli-Ford) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ford is a village on the River Severn in Shropshire, England.
		Fordingbridge is a town on the River Avon in Hampshire, England.
		Fordwich is a village on the River Stour 4 km east of Canterbury in Kent.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GADA.HTM (864 words)

	River Avon, Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The River Avon is a river in the county of Hampshire in the south of England.
		It rises in Wiltshire, flows south through Salisbury, Fordingbridge and Ringwood, and into the English Channel at Christchurch, where it forms the border between Dorset and Hampshire.
		The Avon Valley Path goes from Salisbury to Christchurch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Avon,_Hampshire (86 words)

	River Avon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The river shares the name Avon (derived from a Celtic word meaning “river”) with several other rivers in Great Britain, including the Avon of Warwickshire (or Upper Avon) and the Avon of Wiltshire and Hampshire (or East Avon).
		The English town of Stratford on the River Avon is rich with the memories and lore of one famous man. This was the birthplace and home of the playwright William Shakespeare.
		A town and district on England's south coast, Christchurch is 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Portsmouth, at the confluence of the Avon and Stour rivers.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9011460?tocId=9011460 (822 words)

	Avon Valley Path -Long Distance Routes - Hampshire Countryside
		The River Avon derives its water from the chalk lands of Salisbury Plain and rises in the Vale of Pewsey.
		The character of the river changes slowly as the chalk water flows through the sands and clays of the Hampshire Basin, and is supplemented by acid streams draining from the new Forest, before finally reaching its confluence with the river Stour at the head of Christchurch Harbour.
		The River Avon is joined again at Burgate Manor Farm via a gravel path from Folds Farm, across the water meadows.
	www.hants.gov.uk /walking/avonvalley (2232 words)

	Southampton Canal Society - River Avon (Hampshire)
		Although usually referred to as the Hampshire Avon, the river rises in Wiltshire near Pewsey and the Kennet and Avon Canal.
		In 1693, another group were working on the river and it appears that they constructed the main navigation cuts, flash locks at the mills and also some more conventional pound locks.
		Beside the road bridge south of the village of Britford (OS ref 160278) is the remains of one of the navigation's three locks.
	www.whitenap.plus.com /local/avon.htm (925 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		Avon Causeway has severe limitations in terms of its alignment and width.
		The bridge over the river on 4 the Hampshire border is single lane and unsuitable for HGV traffic.
		The Committee resolved to object to the purple route, which would involve a new crossing of the River Avon at the Causeway, partly because it would cause unacceptable harm to the ecologically important Avon Valley and adversely affect the enjoyment of the Avon Valley Path.
	www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c11528.html (2318 words)

	History by Waterway from Aire & Dun Canal project. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		River was first improved by Act of Parliament.
		Water was diverted into the new cut from the floating harbour to the Avon so completing his £600,000 scheme for the docks at double his original estimate.
		The River Avon - A Pictorial History by Josephine Jeremiah, Published by Phillimore & Co. - An illustrated History of the Warwickshire Avon.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History2.html (2979 words)

	Hampshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 2001 census gave the population of the administrative county as 1.24 million; the population including Portsmouth and Southampton was around 1.6 million.
		Its name was officially changed from 'County of Southampton' to 'County of Hampshire' in 1959.
		The Isle of Wight has been for some purposes in the past treated traditionally part of Hampshire, but has been administered seperately from Hampshire for over a century, obtaining a county council of its own in 1890.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ha/Hampshire.htm (599 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		Hampshire’s local government: The County of Hampshire is a combination of two-tier and unitary authorities, with Hampshire County Council on one level and the 12 Districts of Basingstoke and Deane, Christchurch, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Hart, Havant, New Forest, Rushmoor, Test Valley, Winchester on the other.
		Hampshire detached in Sussex is a very long narrow strip stretching from Camelsdale down to near Midhurst and is two-tier, administered by West Sussex County and Chichester Councils.
		The Hampshire coast offers variety, too: pine trees and steep ravines, known as chines, can be found in Bournemouth, the county’s largest holiday town, but in the east the coastline is characterised by the deep-water estuaries of the Hamble and Beaulieu rivers.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/counties/england/hampshire.html (1138 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Rik-Rir) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Rio Branco (white river) is a river of Brazil.
		The Rio Grande is a river rising in the Rockies in Colorado and flowing to the Gulf of Mexico.
		Rio Grande is the head-stream of the River Parana in Brazil.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /GPH.HTM (1245 words)

	Old Sarum biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Old Sarum was initially a hill fort strategically situated on the conjunction of two trade routes and the River Avon, Hampshire.
		The hill fort is broadly oval in shape and measures 405m in length and 360m in width, consisting of a single circuit of bank and ditch with an entrance in the eastern end.
		But space ran out and water was in short supply on the hilltop, with cathedral and castle sitting cheek by jowl and their respective chiefs in regular conflict; so in 1219 the bishop started construction on a new cathedral on the banks of the Avon.
	old-sarum.biography.ms (369 words)

	Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Avon, River
		a river that rises in Wiltshire, flows by Salisbury, coasts the edge of the New Forest, and enters the English channel at Christchurch bay.
		stands at the mouth of the Avon, which, as I have said, comes down from Salisbury, and brings with it all the waters of the south and east parts of Wiltshire;...
		Ptolemy's position makes this the Axe at Seaton; a possible alternative is the combined mouth of the rivers Avon and Stour at Christchurch, both of which rivers have tributaries called Allen.
	www.envf.port.ac.uk /hantsgaz/hantsgaz/s0000323.htm (441 words)

	Hampshire Avon - Fishing in Wessex
		One of the most famous rivers in England and Wales is the Hampshire Avon, with a reputation for quality trout, and grayling and some salmon.
		The Hampshire avon rises about 3 miles east of Devizes in Wiltshire, on the northern side of the Vale of Pewsey and flows southward for about 50 miles to Christchurch Harbour on the South Coast of the English Channel, and during the course of the river it falls roughly 500 feet in height.
		The main tributaries of the river are the Bourne (East), the Wylye which joins at Salisbury, and the Dorset Stour which joins the Avon near Christchurch Harbour.
	www.fishinginwessex.com /hampshire_avon (379 words)

	The Wild Trout Trust: The River Avon Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Following concerns over poor habitat quality causing a low abundance of brown trout and grayling in the River Avon at West Amesbury, a length of the river was fenced and narrowed in October 1997.
		A baseline survey was carried out in September 1997 and post habitat management surveys have been conducted annually (except 1999) to measure the impact of the work.
		Data for the survey have been gathered by electrofishing three 50m (50% of total area) sections (sections 1, 2 and 3) selected from the 300m of restored river (Figure 1).
	www.wildtrout.org /wtt/library/papers/avon01.asp (887 words)

	River Arun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Bristol Packet : Public and Charter Boat Trips on the river Avon between Bath and the Bristol Channel and in Bristol's Floating Harbour
		Although the river was once made navigable for 36 miles from Christchurch to Salisbury boats are no longer able to use the waterway.
		In 1535 a commission was appointed to remove weirs and obstructions from the river but no work seems to have been done.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/River-Arun.html (699 words)

	River Avon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It says something about the state of river access in the UK that I know more about some rivers on the Tibetan plateau than I do about most of the river which flows near my house.
		After the waterworks, the river passes under the railway and loops past a large house, footbridge and car-park on river right.
		The right to navigate the river was enshrined in law in 1664 (17 Charles II Cap.12), the act is apparently preserved in the House of Lords Record Office.
	www.s106156335.websitehome.co.uk /avon.htm (1713 words)

	River Avon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		also called East Avon or Hampshire Avon river that rises 3 miles (5 km) east of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on the north side of the Vale of Pewsey and flows generally southward for 48 miles (77 km) to the English Channel.
		The river shares the name Avon (derived from a Celtic word meaning “river”) with several other rivers in Great Britain, including the Avon of Bristol (or Lower Avon) and the Avon of Warwickshire (or Upper…
		More results on "River Avon" when you join.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9011458?tocId=9011458 (836 words)

	Avon Valley Runners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Llewelyn Jones was the first of the five Avon Valley Runners to return to the Millennium stadium in a time of 3:18:45 finishing in 148th position, followed thirty seconds later by Les Unsworth in 153rd position.
		Avon Valleys Doug Barber took 18th place in a time of 1:25:53 from 77th placed Les Unsworth who enjoyed a six minute improvement on his 2003 time with 1:36:47.
		Avon Valley Runners ladies team found that the best way of recovering from the excesses of the festive period was to race in the appropriately named Hangover 10K at Kewstoke, where they made off with a number of the awards.
	www.geocities.com /avonvalleyrunners/reports_2004.html (5407 words)

	Trout Fishing Clubs in England
		Bewl Water lies in the heart of the South of England's prettiest countryside and it's seven hundred and seventy seven acres encompasses clear water, rolling hills and some of the finest trout fishing in Europe.
		The Club controls approximately six miles of the Rivers Creedy, Yeo and Culvery, most of which is double bank fishing.
		Has access to almost 10 miles of the legendary Hampshire Avon and more than 20 miles of the Dorset Stour, plus a choice of magnificent still waters including one of the top tench venues in the country.
	www.fishingnet.com /England/trout_clubs.htm (993 words)

	ENGLISH NATURE : News
		The publication of LIFE in UK Rivers Project is the fruit of four years of research, field-based trials, and painstaking detective work to unravel for the first time the complicated relationships between 13 threatened animals and plants and the quality of the environment they depend on for their survival.
		The UK proved an ideal outdoor laboratory, as scientists investigated a complicated matrix of conditions in rivers from the Endrick by Loch Lomond to the Hampshire Avon in the south, and the Teifi in Wales.
		The LIFE in UK Rivers Project, led by English Nature, is a four-year partnership between the Environment Agency, Countryside Council for Wales, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research.
	www.english-nature.org.uk /news/story.asp?ID=558 (550 words)

	Fishing On The Avon River - UK offers
		The accommodation at Easter Corrie Holiday Cottages is ideally situated for your salmon and trout fly fishing holiday on the River Avon, Glenlivet, Scotland...
		Situated between the River Avon and it's tributary the Livet, Easter...
		The main tributaries of the river are the Bourne (East), the Wylye which joins at Salisbury, and the Dorset Stour which joins the Avon...
	www.webtaxi.com /fishing-on-the-avon-river.htm (295 words)

	Map Avon at Local.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Avon maps and visitor information: Visit TripAdvisor, your source for the web's best unbiased vacation reviews and travel articles covering cities, hotels, resorts, BandBs, and attractions.
		Avon Bulbs are a well established specialist retailer offering a huge range of often unusual and rare bulbs for many different situations.
		Avon, River river parish: county: coords: Christchurch Dorset SZ1692 parish: parish: parish: county: Hurn St Leonards and St Ives Burton Dorset parish: parish: parish: parish: parish: parish:
	www.local.co.uk /Avon/Map (435 words)

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