| INTRODUCTION
Avoncliff
is a hamlet in the Parish of Westwood and comprises 27 homes
(3 of which are actually in the parish of Winsley), several
boat homes and a public house.
The
hamlet lies in the bottom of the valley formed by the River
Avon and is divided into 3 sectors by the Kennet and Avon
Canal, the railway and the River Avon. Avoncliff is dominated
by the Avoncliff aqueduct which carries the Kennet and Avon
Canal over the River Avon and the railway and is bounded
on its eastern edge by mill buildings and on its western
edge by Ancliff Square, an imposing rectangular building
formerly known as The Old Court.
Acknowledgement:
We are grateful to Beryl Prosser for her permission to include
text and information from her book "The Waistcoat Pocket
History of Avoncliff".
Avoncliff in Pictures >
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INTRODUCTION
THE
RESIDENTS
THE
AQUEDUCT
THE
MILLS
THE
CROSS GUNS
THE
OLD COURT
ANCLIFF
DOWN
THE
KENNET AND AVON CANAL
THE
BOAT PEOPLE
THE
RAILWAY
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Avoncliff - The Secret History of an Industrial Hamlet in War and Peace
By Nick McCamley
A thoroughly researched, well written and truly fascinating account of this diminutive Wiltshire community situated on the River Avon, Kennet and Avon Canal and Railway between Bradford on Avon and Bath. Particularly strong on social and industrial history
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