Place:Avon, England

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Name	Avon
Alt names	County of Avon	source: Wikipedia
Type	Modern county
Located in	England (1974 - 1996)
See also	Gloucestershire, England	county which transferred lands into Avon 1974 and received them back 1996
	Somerset, England	county which transferred lands into Avon 1974 and received them back 1996
	Bristol, England	city at the heart of Avon which became a unitary authority on Avon's demise in 1996

Contained Places

Ancient city: Bath ( 1974 - 1996 )
Ancient parish: Backwell ( 1974 - 1996 ); Banwell ( 1974 - 1996 ); Barrow Gurney ( 1974 - 1996 ); Batheaston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bathford ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bathwick ( 1974 - 1996 ); Blagdon ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bleadon ( 1974 - 1996 ); Brockley ( 1974 - 1996 ); Butcombe ( 1974 - 1996 ); Cameley ( 1974 - 1996 ); Camerton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Chew Magna ( 1974 - 1996 ); Chew Stoke ( 1974 - 1996 ); Clapton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Claverton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Clutton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Compton Dando ( 1974 - 1996 ); Compton Martin ( 1974 - 1996 ); Congresbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Corston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Dunkerton ( 1974 - 1996 ); East Harptree ( 1974 - 1966 ); Easton in Gordano ( 1974 - 1996 ); English Combe ( 1974 - 1996 ); Farmborough ( 1974 - 1996 ); Freshford ( 1974 - 1996 ); High Littleton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hinton Blewett ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hutton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kelston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kenn ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kewstoke ( 1974 - 1996 ); Keynsham ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kingston Seymour ( 1974 - 1996 ); Long Ashton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Loxton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Marksbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Monkton Combe ( 1974 - 1996 ); Newton St. Loe ( 1974 - 1996 ); North Stoke ( 1974 - 1996 ); Norton Malreward ( 1974 - 1996 ); Portbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Portishead ( 1974 - 1996 ); Priston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Puxton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Saltford ( 1974 - 1996 ); South Stoke ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stanton Drew ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stowey ( 1974 - 1996 ); Swainswick ( 1974 - 1996 ); Timsbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Twerton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Ubley ( 1974 - 1996 ); Walton in Gordano ( 1974 - 1996 ); West Harptree ( 1974 - 1996 ); Weston in Gordano ( 1974 - 1996 ); Weston super Mare ( 1974 - 1996 ); Winford ( 1974 - 1996 ); Winscombe ( 1974 - 1996 ); Worle ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wraxall ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wrington ( 1974 - 1996 ); Yatton ( 1974 - 1996 )
Borough (county): Bath ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bristol ( 1974 - 1996 )
Borough (municipal): Weston super Mare ( 1974 - 1996 )
Chapelry: Abbots Leigh ( 1974 - 1996 ); Burrington ( 1974 - 1996 ); Churchill ( 1974 - 1996 ); Cleeve ( 1974 - 1996 ); Dundry ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hinton Charterhouse ( 1974 - 1996 ); Nailsea ( 1974 - 1996 ); Nempnett Thrubwell ( 1974 - 1996 ); Paulton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Rangeworthy ( 1974 - 1996 ); Whitchurch ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wick St. Lawrence ( 1974 - 1996 )
Civil parish: Abbots Leigh ( 1974 - 1996 ); Almondsbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Alveston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Backwell ( 1974 - 1996 ); Badminton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Banwell ( 1974 - 1996 ); Barrow Gurney ( 1974 - 1996 ); Batheaston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bathford ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bathwick ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bitton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Blagdon ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bleadon ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bristol St. George ( 1974 - 1996 ); Brockley ( 1974 - 1996 ); Burrington ( 1974 - 1996 ); Butcombe ( 1974 - 1996 ); Cameley ( 1974 - 1996 ); Camerton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Chew Magna ( 1974 - 1996 ); Chew Stoke ( 1974 - 1996 ); Churchill ( 1974 - 1996 ); Clapton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Claverton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Cleeve ( 1974 - 1996 ); Clifton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Clutton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Compton Dando ( 1974 - 1996 ); Compton Martin ( 1974 - 1996 ); Congresbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Corston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Doynton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Dundry ( 1974 - 1996 ); Dunkerton ( 1974 - 1996 ); East Harptree ( 1974 - 1966 ); Easton in Gordano ( 1974 - 1996 ); Elberton ( 1974 - 1996 ); English Combe ( 1974 - 1996 ); Farmborough ( 1974 - 1996 ); Filton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Frampton Cotterell ( 1974 - 1996 ); Freshford ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hanham Abbots ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hanham ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hawkesbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); High Littleton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hill ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hinton Blewett ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hinton Charterhouse ( 1974 - 1996 ); Horfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Horton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hutton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Iron Acton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kelston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kenn ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kewstoke ( 1974 - 1996 ); Keynsham ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kingston Seymour ( 1974 - 1996 ); Littleton upon Severn ( 1974 - 1996 ); Long Ashton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Loxton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Mangotsfield Rural ( 1974 - 1996 ); Mangotsfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Marksbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Marshfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Monkton Combe ( 1974 - 1996 ); Nailsea ( 1974 - 1996 ); Nempnett Thrubwell ( 1974 - 1996 ); Newton St. Loe ( 1974 - 1996 ); North Stoke ( 1974 - 1996 ); North Weston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Norton Malreward ( 1974 - 1996 ); Old Sodbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Oldbury-on-Severn ( 1974 - 1996 ); Oldland ( 1974 - 1996 ); Olveston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Paulton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Pilning and Severn Beach ( 1974 - 1996 ); Portbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Portishead ( 1974 - 1996 ); Priston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Pucklechurch ( 1974 - 1996 ); Puxton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Rangeworthy ( 1974 - 1996 ); Rockhampton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Saltford ( 1974 - 1996 ); Sodbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); South Stoke ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stanton Drew ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stapleton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stoke Gifford ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stowey ( 1974 - 1996 ); Swainswick ( 1974 - 1996 ); Thornbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Timsbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Tortworth ( 1974 - 1996 ); Twerton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Tytherington ( 1974 - 1996 ); Ubley ( 1974 - 1996 ); Walton in Gordano ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wapley-cum-Codrington ( 1974 - 1996 ); West Harptree ( 1974 - 1996 ); West Littleton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Westerleigh ( 1974 - 1996 ); Weston in Gordano ( 1974 - 1996 ); Weston super Mare ( 1974 - 1996 ); Whitchurch ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wick St. Lawrence ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wick and Abson ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wickwar ( 1974 - 1996 ); Winford ( 1974 - 1996 ); Winscombe ( 1974 - 1996 ); Winterbourne ( 1974 - 1996 ); Worle ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wraxall ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wrington ( 1974 - 1996 ); Yate ( 1974 - 1996 ); Yatton ( 1974 - 1996 )
District municipality: Kingswood Borough ( 1974 - 1996 ); Northavon District ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wansdyke District ( 1974 - 1996 ); Woodspring District ( 1974 - 1996 )
Hamlet: North Weston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Redwick and Northwick ( 1974 - 1996 ); Tortworth ( 1974 - 1996 ); West Littleton ( 1974 - 1996 )
Inhabited place: Acton Turville ( 1974 - 1996 ); Alveston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Aust ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bagstone ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bristol ( 1974 - 1996 ); Charfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Chipping Sodbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Cold Ashton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Dodington ( 1974 - 1996 ); Fishponds ( 1974 - 1996 ); Frampton Cotterell ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hanham ( 1974 - 1996 ); Horton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Little Sodbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Old Sodbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Oldbury-on-Severn ( 1974 - 1996 ); Olveston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Patchway ( 1974 - 1996 ); Pucklechurch ( 1974 - 1996 ); Redland ( 1974 - 1996 ); Shirehampton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Siston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stoke Bishop ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stoke Gifford ( 1974 - 1996 ); Tormarton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Westbury on Trym ( 1974 - 1996 ); Westerleigh ( 1974 - 1996 ); Wickwar ( 1974 - 1996 ); Winterbourne ( 1974 - 1996 )
Parish: Dyrham and Hinton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Henbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Westbury on Trym ( 1974 - 1996 )
Parish (ancient): Almondsbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Clifton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Elberton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Filton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Hill ( 1974 - 1996 ); Horfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Iron Acton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Littleton upon Severn ( 1974 - 1996 ); Mangotsfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Marshfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Rockhampton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stapleton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Thornbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Tytherington ( 1974 - 1996 )
Registration district: Bath Registration District; Bath Registration District ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bristol Avon Registration District ( 1974 - 1996 ); Sodbury Registration District; Thornbury Registration District ( 1974 - 1981 )
Suburb: Avonmouth ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bishopston ( 1974 - 1996 ); Bristol St. George ( 1974 - 1996 ); Clifton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Fishponds ( 1974 - 1996 ); Henbury ( 1974 - 1996 ); Henleaze ( 1974 - 1996 ); Horfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Redland ( 1974 - 1996 ); Shirehampton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stapleton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Twerton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Westbury on Trym ( 1974 - 1996 ); Yate ( 1974 - 1996 )
Township: Redwick and Northwick ( 1974 - 1996 )
Unitary authority: Bristol ( 1974 - 1996 )
Urban district: Bristol St. George ( 1974 - 1996 ); Horfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Keynsham ( 1974 - 1996 ); Kingswood (near Bristol) ( 1974 - 1996 ); Mangotsfield ( 1974 - 1996 ); Portishead ( 1974 - 1996 ); Stapleton ( 1974 - 1996 ); Weston super Mare ( 1974 - 1996 )

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

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 runs through the area. It was formed from parts of the historic counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset, together with the City of Bristol. After a short life, in 1996, the county was abolished. Save for Bristol which no longer has any dependence on a county, the area was returned to its former counties albeit with different governmental structures.

As a name Avon is still used for some purposes. The area had a population of approximately 1.08 million people in 2009.

The county came into formal existence on 1 April 1974 when the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect. The new county (see Wikipedia for a map) consisted of the areas of:

The county boroughs of Bristol and Bath,
Part of the Administrative County of Gloucestershire:

Kingswood (near Bristol) Urban District, Mangotsfield Urban District
Warmley Rural District, most of Sodbury Rural District and most of Thornbury Rural District

Part of the Administrative County of Somerset:

Municipal Borough of Weston super Mare
Clevedon Urban District, Keynsham Urban District, Norton Radstock Urban District, Portishead Urban District,
Bathavon Rural District, Long Ashton Rural District, part of Axbridge Rural District and part of Clutton Rural District.

The county was divided into six districts:

Northavon District (Sodbury and Thornbury Rural District sections)
Bristol
Kingswood Borough (Kingswood, Mangotsfield and Warmley Rural District)
Woodspring District (Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Portishead, Long Ashton and Axbridge Rural District sections)
Wansdyke District (Keynsham, Norton Radstock, and Bathavon and Clutton Rural District areas)
Bath District

Bristol and Bath had identical boundaries to the former county boroughs.

To the north the county bordered Gloucestershire, to the east Wiltshire and to the south Somerset. In the west it had a coast on the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel.

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Demise

Avon was one of the counties in the "first tranche" of reviews conducted by the Banham Commission in the 1990s. The Commission recommended that it and its districts be abolished and replaced with four unitary authorities. The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 was debated in the House of Commons on 22 February 1995. The Order came into effect on 1 April 1996. The four authorities that replaced Avon are:

The City and County of Bristol
South Gloucestershire District – formed from Kingswood Borough and Northavon District.
North Somerset District – formed from the Woodspring District.
Bath and North East Somerset District– formed from the Bath and Wansdyke Districts.

For ceremonial purposes, the post of Lord Lieutenant of Avon was abolished and Bristol regained its own Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff, while the other authorities were returned to their traditional counties. Suggestions to alter Bristol's boundaries (either by drawing new boundaries or by merely incorporating the mostly urbanised borough of Kingswood into it) were rejected.

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