The River Avon has an old Celtic name, what does it mean?
"crossing the river on a bridge parallel to the road bridge immediately upriver from the town. The causeway controls the Avon River's discharge and the incoming tidal waters of the Minas Basin through a series of flood control gates which are intended to regulate the river's flowage to prevent flooding of agricultural lands upriver near Martock. The section of the Avon River upriver of the causeway along the Windsor waterfront is now a 'man-made' freshwater, Lake Pesaquid. The construction of the causeway has dramatically affected the Avon River downstream from Windsor, with large parts of the once-navigable river now being"
"Avon Water Avon Water, also known locally as the River Avon, is a river in Scotland, and a tributary of the River Clyde. The Avon Water rises in the hills on the boundary between East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire, close to the head of the Irvine Water. The river flows in a north easterly direction, following the A71 road past Drumclog, and running to the south of Strathaven, where the river enters a more pronounced valley. The Avon flows between the village of Glassford, and Stonehouse to the south, before merging with the smaller Cander Water just south of Larkhall."
"anglicized derivative with origins in the Scottish Gaelic (or 'Scottis') language. It is derived from the Gaelic word ""strath"" meaning ""broad valley"", and ""Aven"" (pronounced /on/) which is a Gaelic word for 'river', and also the name of one of the tributaries of the Dee that runs through the Strachan District (Water of the Aven, or alternatively spelt on other maps ""Water of the Awen""). According to the ""Herald & Genealogist"" (vol. viii,302), Strachan means 'Vale of the Waters,' apparently due to the three main burns in the District (Waters of the Dye, Avon and Feugh). Others suggest the Strachan"
"in the Upper Avon valley, with the River Avon forming its eastern boundary; Durrington village is close to the river. The toponym is derived from the Old English ""Deor ingtūn"", meaning 'farm or settlement connected with Deor', Deor being a personal name. The village's population of about 5,000 is served by several shops, two pubs, schools covering all levels of compulsory education, and a swimming pool and fitness centre. The area had been occupied since Neolithic times but not necessarily continuously. The parish contains two important Neolithic sites: Durrington Walls and Woodhenge. Recent archaeological excavations indicate that the Neolithic inhabitants"
"Avon (village), New York Avon is a village in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,394 at the 2010 census. The village is named after the River Avon in England, United Kingdom. The Village of Avon is located within the northwest part of the Town of Avon. The village is south of the City of Rochester. Avon was founded by European Americans on the west side of the Genesee River, across from the Seneca historic village known as Conawagus (in a transliterated spelling; also spelled as Ca-noh-wa-gas, Conewaugus, or Canawaugus, and as ""Ga:non'wagês"" in the Seneca language)."
"port and small town of ""Portus Abonae"", which took its name from the main river Avon which simply means 'river' in British Celtic. Abona was a staging point for the Roman invasion of Wales and was at the western end of the Roman road from Silchester. In the 15th century there were tide mills at Millpill, near the mouth. An attempt was made in 1712 by the entrepreneur Joshua Franklyn to open a commercial dock at the mouth of the Trym, on the Roman site, but the venture foundered after a few decades. A whale fishery enterprise set up in"
"Avonwick Avonwick is a village in the civil parish of North Huish, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. The River Avon runs through the village - its name derives from ""avon"" meaning ""river"", and ""wick"" an old word for ""village"", but it was not so named until the 1870s, previously being known as Newhouse. Avonwick has rapidly grown in size over the last few years with two developments. The village contains one of only a few proprietary chapels remaining in the country, a restaurant, a pub, one of the oldest lawn tennis clubs in the"
"Avon (county) Avon () was, from 1974 to 1996, a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England. The county was named after the River Avon, which flows through the area. It was formed from the county boroughs of Bristol and Bath, together with parts of the administrative counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. In 1996, the county was abolished and the area split between four new unitary authorities: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. The Avon name is still used for some purposes. The area had a population of approximately 1.08 million people in"
"increases from east to west, a map showing these being given by Jackson. These names include ones such as Avon, Chew, Frome, Axe, Brue and Exe, but also river names containing the elements ""der-/dar-/dur-"" and ""-went"" e.g. ""Derwent, Darwen, Deer, Adur, Dour, Darent, Went"". In fact these names exhibit multiple different Celtic roots. One is *dubri- ""water"" [Bret. ""dour"", C. ""dowr"", W. ""dŵr""], also found in the place-name ""Dover"" (attested in the Roman period as ""Dubrīs""); this is the original source of rivers named ""Dour"". Another is *deru̯o- ""oak"" or ""true"" [Bret. ""derv"", C. ""derow"", W. ""derw""], coupled with two"
"major local river, the River Avon, in Latin dress). She was open-minded about her suitors, and offered herself to whichever of them could drain the lake which supposedly once occupied the space between Bradford-on-Avon (Wiltshire) and Bristol. They chose different routes through the limestone hills for their drainage channels. Goram opted for a route through Henbury, and Vincent chose one on the south side of Clifton. Unfortunately for Goram, he overheated while hard at work, drank a giant quantity of ale, and fell asleep in his favourite stone chair, whilst Vincent paced himself better and completed his channel. (One version"
"in the mid twentieth century, ""Avonbridge Brickworks"", but today no longer exists. Nowadays the village is largely residential although Avonbridge is the base of operations for ""Stevenson Brothers"" a haulage company, whose bright orange heavy goods vehicles transport goods all over the United Kingdom. The name Avonbridge derives from the fact that the village crosses a river. The affix """"avon"""" is often found in the Celtic language which denotes the presence of a river, in this case the River Avon. This is found in Scottish Gaelic as """"abhainn""""; Droichaid Abhainne literally means ""Bridge of the River"". Avonbridge Avonbridge () is"
"Avon (ship) The Avon, formerly known as ""Dunolly"", was a 1,572 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 255.6 feet, breadth of 37.6 feet and depth of 22.6 feet. She was built by Charles Connell of Glasgow in 1884 for John Brown of Glasgow. The Nourse Line bought the ship in 1890 and renamed it the Avon after the River Avon in the south west of England. She was primarily used by the Nourse Line for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows: Avon was a fast ship,"
"Avon, Maine Avon is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 461 at the 2010 census. Avon is home to Mount Blue, part of Mount Blue State Park. First known as Township 2 Abbott's Purchase, or Upper Town, it was settled in 1781 by a pair of sea captains—Joshua Soule, originally from Duxbury, Massachusetts and later Bremen, Maine, with Perkins Allen from Martha's Vineyard. The town was incorporated on February 22, 1802, named for the River Avon in England. One of the Worcestershire villages through which River Avon flows is Eckington, birthplace of Capt. Soule's ancestor,"
"Avon, which comes from the Brittonic ""abona"" which translates into ""river"" (compare Welsh ', Cornish ', Irish (and Scottish Gaelic) ', Manx ', Breton '; the Latin cognate is '). Brittonic-derived place-names are scattered across Great Britain, with many occurring in the West Country; some examples are: Some Brittonic place names are known but are no longer used. In a charter of 682 the name of Creech St Michael, Somerset is given as ""Cructan"". The words ""tor"", ""combe"", ""bere"", and ""hele"" of Brittonic origin are particularly common in Devon as elements of place-names, often combined with elements of English origin."
"wavy line representing the rivers of Avon and Severn. The unicorn is taken from the arms of the City of Bristol and the sea stag from those of the former County of Avon. Both these creatures wear a crown of King Edgar around their necks. Edgar is regarded as a local monarch because he was crowned in Bath Abbey in 973. The wavy lines enclosed in circles on the shoulders represent the fountain of knowledge and learning. The unicorn and sea stag each support an apple tree, known as the tree of knowledge and is taken from the coat of"
"many of whom were from England, including many from the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, who gave the town its name. In 2006, then-mayor Thomas Macklin proposed City Ordinance 08-06, which would have blocked the issuance or renewal of city licenses to businesses that hired illegal aliens, fined any property owner who rented and leased property to illegal aliens, and established English as the city's official language, banning the use of other languages during the conduct of official business except where specified under state or federal law. The ordinance was defeated by the city council, on a 3–2 vote. Avon Park is"
"of the Avon Gorge, there was formerly an ancient hermitage and chapel dedicated to St Vincent, at or near the present cave in the cliff-face which bears his name. Another (apparently modern) version of the story calls the Clifton giant ""Ghyston"", which is in fact the name, of obscure origin, for the whole of the cliff-face of the Avon Gorge at least as early as the mid-fifteenth century, in the detailed description of the Bristol area by William Worcestre. The place-name was personified to produce the giant’s name. Vincent’s Cave is called ""Ghyston cave"" or ""The Giant’s Hole"" in an"
"world, a garage and a small shop. Avonwick railway station opened in 1893 about half a mile (1 km) outside the village, but closed in 1963. Avonwick Avonwick is a village in the civil parish of North Huish, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. The River Avon runs through the village - its name derives from ""avon"" meaning ""river"", and ""wick"" an old word for ""village"", but it was not so named until the 1870s, previously being known as Newhouse. Avonwick has rapidly grown in size over the last few years with two developments. The"
"became Gaelic-speaking at some time in the medieval period. Old Aberdeen is the approximate location of ""Aberdon"", the first settlement of Aberdeen; this literally means ""the mouth of the Don"". The Celtic word ' means ""river mouth"", as in modern Welsh (Aberystwyth, Aberdare, Aberbeeg etc). The Scottish Gaelic name is ' (variation: '; *' presumably being a loan from the earlier Pictish; the Gaelic term is ), and in Latin, the Romans referred to the river as ""Devana"". Mediaeval (or Ecclesiastical) Latin has it as """". Aberdeen is locally governed by Aberdeen City Council, which comprises forty-five councillors who represent"
"Avon, Montana Avon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Powell County, Montana, United States. The population was 124 at the 2000 census. The town sits along the Little Blackfoot River, and serves as a gateway to the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. The post office was opened in 1884 by Bill Cramer. The town was named Avon after the Welsh word for river. The town served as a supply point for nearby ranchers, prospectors, and miners. The town includes the Fitzpatrick Ranch Historic District, a designated location on the National Register of Historic Places. Avon is located at (46.599204, -112.598899). According to"
"Strathaven Strathaven (; ; from , meaning ""valley of the Avon"") is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is the largest settlement in Avondale. The town was granted a Royal Charter in 1450, making the Town of Strathaven a burgh of barony. The current estimated population is 7,500. The town is located on the edge of the valley of the Avon Water, around 6 miles from Hamilton, and 18.2 miles from Glasgow. The A71, which connects Edinburgh and Kilmarnock passes through the town. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 7,700. Strathaven has one"
"before the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions that led to the creation of England. Many place-names in Britain, particularly of natural features such as rivers and hills, derive directly from Common Brittonic. Obvious examples of place-names of Welsh origin include Penrith (""headland by the ford"") and the numerous Rivers Avon, from the Welsh ""afon"" (""river""). Place-names from the Western Brittonic-speaking Hen Ogledd occur in Cumbria and the Scottish Lowlands. These include the name of Edinburgh, from Cumbric ""Din Eidin"" ""Eidin's Fort"". The Cornish language is a Southwestern Brittonic language and many place-names in Cornwall and to a lesser extent neighbouring Devon,"
"Avon Aqueduct The Avon Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon, near Linlithgow, Scotland. The aqueduct was built to a design by Hugh Baird, with advice from Thomas Telford, in tandem with the aqueducts at Slateford and Lin's Mill, with which it shares its design. Telford was not convinced that the stone arches were necessary in conjunction with the iron trough, but Baird used both on all three major aqueducts. Construction was carried out by Messrs. Craven, Whitaker and Nowell between 1819 and 1821, their success in building a stone bridge over the"
"surname means 'Valley of the Avon' (pronounced /on/). If this definition is accurate, it suggests the main burn in Strachan in or about the year 1200, was the Water of the Avon. Similarly suggesting the main medieval settlement of Strachan was located much farther to the west than where the main body of the current village is located. Perhaps just south and west of the Mill of Strachan in the area of Little Ennochie, Balblyth, Weir or Cuttieshillock, in the District of Strachan. The lands of Strachan were granted by King William the Lion to William Giffard of Lethington, in"
"school halls. Strathaven Strathaven (; ; from , meaning ""valley of the Avon"") is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is the largest settlement in Avondale. The town was granted a Royal Charter in 1450, making the Town of Strathaven a burgh of barony. The current estimated population is 7,500. The town is located on the edge of the valley of the Avon Water, around 6 miles from Hamilton, and 18.2 miles from Glasgow. The A71, which connects Edinburgh and Kilmarnock passes through the town. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 7,700. Strathaven"
"a hill overlooking the Vivari Channel and is part of the Butrint National Park. During the antiquity the city of Vlorë, the homonymous county capital, was known as ""Aulón"" ( with the meaning channel or glen and possibly a translation of another indigenous name. The city was founded in antiquity as a Greek colony inside the territory of Illyria. The Latin name is ""Aulona"", a Latinization of the Ancient Greek name. The medieval and modern Greek name was Αυλώνας /av'lonas/, accusative Αυλώνα /av'lona/, and is the source of the Italian name ""Valona"" and of the obsolete English ""Avlona"". During the"
"sailing from Calcutta to St Helena in 62 days. Avon (ship) The Avon, formerly known as ""Dunolly"", was a 1,572 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 255.6 feet, breadth of 37.6 feet and depth of 22.6 feet. She was built by Charles Connell of Glasgow in 1884 for John Brown of Glasgow. The Nourse Line bought the ship in 1890 and renamed it the Avon after the River Avon in the south west of England. She was primarily used by the Nourse Line for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these"
"Tetbury Avon The Tetbury Avon, also known as the Little Avon or the Ingleburn (Anglo-Saxon - English river), is a tributary of the Bristol Avon. It is also referred to as the River Avon (Tetbury Branch). It rises at Tetbury in Gloucestershire in the West Country of England, and flows in a generally south easterly direction, joining the Sherston Avon at Malmesbury in Wiltshire. The water flow has been reduced by public water extraction form its source aquifer in the Cotswold Hills. In the past watermills were used for fulling wool and grinding corn. One working mill survives. The Tetbury"
"from Muiravonside Country Park. Avon Aqueduct The Avon Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon, near Linlithgow, Scotland. The aqueduct was built to a design by Hugh Baird, with advice from Thomas Telford, in tandem with the aqueducts at Slateford and Lin's Mill, with which it shares its design. Telford was not convinced that the stone arches were necessary in conjunction with the iron trough, but Baird used both on all three major aqueducts. Construction was carried out by Messrs. Craven, Whitaker and Nowell between 1819 and 1821, their success in building a"
"A notable example is Avon which comes from the Celtic term for river abona or the Welsh term for river, afon, but was used by the English as a personal name. Likewise the River Ouse, Yorkshire contains the word usa which merely means ‘water’ and the name of the river Trent simply comes from the Welsh word for a trespasser ""(an over-flowing river)"" It has been argued that the use of periphrastic constructions (using auxiliary verbs such as ""do"" and ""be"" in the continuous/progressive) in the English verb, which is more widespread than in the other Germanic languages, is traceable"
"+ ""place"". Alternatively it has been suggested that it is either an early Gaelic or pre-Gaelic name meaning ""full of water"" or ""floody"". Glenlivet Glenlivet (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Lìobhait) is the glen in the Scottish Highlands through which the River Livet flows. The river rises high in the Ladder Hills, flows through the village of Tomnavoulin and onto the Bridgend of Glenlivet, passing under the remains of a late 18th-century bridge before joining the River Avon, one of the main tributaries of the River Spey. Glenlivet is known for the Glenlivet Estate and the whisky The Glenlivet. The Battle of"
"Avon"" - first: Second: A linn may also refer to a waterfall or a pool at the foot of a waterfall, with the derivation a confusion of Scots Gaelic ""linne"" (pool) and Old English ""hlynn"" (torrent). ""Gazetteer for Scotland"" ""Glossary:L"". Retrieved 2 January 2008. England's Rock Art - Roughting Linn, Northumberland Notes: Linn (geology) In Scotland and northern England a Linn is a geographical water feature. In Scotland it describes where a watercourse has cut through a shelf of hard rock creating a narrow (usually), steep-sided cut though which the watercourse runs. Typically there is only one named Linn on"
"was adopted as a specific label, for example the Celtic word for river was ""afon"" which is used in many cases as the name (Avon) of rivers in England. Land characteristics were important to both hunters and farmers, and there are many terms relating to different types of hills and valleys. Some terms, like ""cumb"" and ""penn"", were adopted from Celtic by Anglo-Saxons. Other terms relate to the expansion of farming. Topographical names were held in low esteem by early place name scholars but their importance was raised in a book by Margaret Gelling, first published in 1978. This discusses"