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Andrew Yarranton
Andrew Yarranton (1619–1684) was an important English engineer in the 17th century who was responsible for making several rivers into navigable waterways.
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Avon Ring
The Avon Ring is a canal ring which is located to the south west of Birmingham in England, and connects the major towns of Stratford-upon-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury, Worcester and the southern outskirts of Birmingham.
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Barton, Warwickshire
Barton is a village in Warwickshire, England, on the Avon, near Bidford-on-Avon, it forms part of the civil parish of Bidford-on-Avon.
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Bidford-on-Avon
Bidford-on-Avon is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire, very close to the border with Worcestershire.
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Birlingham
Birlingham is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, about three miles south of Pershore.
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Breton language
Breton (brezhoneg or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Brittany.
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Bristol Channel
The Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren) is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England.
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Cable ferry
A cable ferry (including the terms chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores.
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Celtic Sea
The Celtic Sea (An Mhuir Cheilteach; Y Môr Celtaidd; An Mor Keltek; Ar Mor Keltiek; La mer Celtique) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel; other limits include the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, Devon, and Brittany.
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Charlecote Park
Charlecote Park is a grand 16th-century country house, surrounded by its own deer park, on the banks of the River Avon near Wellesbourne, about east of Stratford-upon-Avon and south of Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
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Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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Comberton
Comberton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, just east of the Prime Meridian.
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Common Brittonic
Common Brittonic was an ancient Celtic language spoken in Britain.
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Cotswolds
The Cotswolds is an area in south central England containing the Cotswold Hills, a range of rolling hills which rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment, known as the Cotswold Edge, above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
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County
A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes,Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations.
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Defford
Defford is a small village in the county of Worcestershire, England, located between the towns of Pershore and Upton-upon-Severn.
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Eckington, Worcestershire
Eckington is a small village near to the southern border of the English county of Worcestershire, according to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,202.
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Evesham
Evesham is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, southern England with a population of 23,576, according to the 2011 census.
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Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.
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Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.
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Hampton Ferry (River Avon)
The Hampton Ferry is a pedestrian cable ferry linking Evesham and the district of Hampton across the River Avon in the English county of Worcestershire.
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Harvington
Harvington is a village near Evesham in Worcestershire, England.
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Inland Waterways Association
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) was formed in 1946 as a registered charity in the United Kingdom to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British Canals and river navigations.
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Lake Harrison
Lake Harrison is the name given to a huge lake that in parts of the Ice Age covered much of the Midlands in England around Warwick and Birmingham and Leicester.
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Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington, is a spa town in Warwickshire, England.
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Leicestershire
Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.
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List of rivers of the United Kingdom
For details of rivers of the United Kingdom, see.
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Lock (water navigation)
A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.
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Luddington, Warwickshire
Luddington is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire in the United Kingdom.
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Naseby
Naseby is a village in the District of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England.
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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.
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Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England.
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Offenham
Offenham is a large rural village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, located about three miles east of Evesham, in the Vale of Evesham.
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Order in Council
An Order in Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms.
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Order of Council
An Order of Council is a form of legislation in the United Kingdom.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.
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Pershore
Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon.
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
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River Arrow, Worcestershire
The River Arrow is a tributary of the River Avon, which flows through Worcestershire and Warwickshire in the English Midlands.
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River Avon
River Avon may refer to.
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River Dene
The River Dene is a small river in Warwickshire, England.
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River Isbourne
The River Isbourne is 14 mile (22km) long tributary of the River Avon which flows through Gloucestershire and Worcestershire in the Midlands of England.
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River Leam
The River Leam is a river which rises at Hellidon Hill in Northamptonshire then flows through rural Warwickshire, including the town of Leamington Spa.
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River Severn
The River Severn (Afon Hafren, Sabrina) is a river in the United Kingdom.
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River source
The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the furthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river.
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River Sowe
The River Sowe is a river in Warwickshire and West Midlands, England.
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River Stour, Warwickshire
The River Stour is an English river that rises in the county of Oxfordshire but largely flows through Warwickshire.
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River Swift
The River Swift is a 14-mile (23 km) long tributary of the River Avon that rises in south Leicestershire, and flows through the town of Lutterworth before joining the Avon at its confluence in Warwickshire in the English Midlands.
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River Swilgate
The River Swilgate is a small river that flows through Gloucestershire, England.
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River Teme
The River Teme (pronounced; Afon Tefeidiad) rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown, and flows through Knighton where it crosses the border into England down to Ludlow in Shropshire, then to the north of Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border there, on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester.
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Robert Aickman
Robert Fordyce Aickman (27 June 1914 – 26 February 1981) was an English writer and conservationist.
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) is a 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
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Rugby, Warwickshire
Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon.
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Severn Trent
Severn Trent plc is a water company based in the United Kingdom that is traded on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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Soft Flowing Avon
Soft Flowing Avon was a 1769 song with music written by Thomas Arne and lyrics by David Garrick.
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Stanford Reservoir
Stanford Reservoir is a drinking water reservoir on the River Avon, England.
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Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District, in the county of Warwickshire, England, on the River Avon, north west of London, south east of Birmingham, and south west of Warwick.
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Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
The Stratford-upon-Avon Canal is a canal in the south Midlands of England.
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Stratford-upon-Avon chain ferry
The Stratford-upon-Avon chain ferry is a manually operated pedestrian chain ferry across the River Avon in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in the English county of Warwickshire.
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Strensham
Strensham is a village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire.
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Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.
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Warwick
Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England.
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Warwick Castle
Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from an original built by William the Conqueror in 1068.
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Warwickshire
Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.
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Watling Street
Watling Street is a route in England and Wales that began as an ancient trackway first used by the Britons, mainly between the areas of modern Canterbury and using a natural ford near Westminster.
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Weir
A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the horizontal width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level.
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Welford, Northamptonshire
Welford is a village and civil parish in England, on the River Avon border between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire.
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Welford-on-Avon
Welford-on-Avon is a village of around 1,800 inhabitants situated some west-south-west of the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in the county of Warwickshire, England.
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Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.
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West Midland Railway
The West Midland Railway was an early British railway company.
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William Sandys 'Waterworks Sandys'
William Sandys of Fladbury (1607—1669) was known as Waterworks Sandys to distinguish him from his cousin, the spendthrift 'Golden Sandys'.
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Wolston
Wolston is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England.
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Wolstonian Stage
The Wolstonian Stage is a middle Pleistocene stage of the geological history of earth that precedes the Ipswichian Stage (Eemian Stage in Europe) and follows the Hoxnian Stage in the British Isles.
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Worcester and Birmingham Canal
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England.
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Worcestershire
Worcestershire (written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Avon,_Warwickshire
