The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . THE AVON XEAU KftiBV (,». IC THE SEVERN CHAPTER II. THE UPPER OR WARWICKSHIRE AVOy. The Watershed of Central England—Xaseby—Rugby—The Swift—Lutterworth and Wiclif — Stoneleigh Ahbey and Kenil-?worth Clastle—Guys Clitf—The Leam—Warwick and its Castle—Stratford-on-Avon and its Shakespeare Associations—Evesham—Pershore—Tewkesbury. rPHE Avon is a typical river of tlie Kiifjlish lowlands, and it is surpassed by few-L in the quiet beauty of its scenery or in the places of interest on its
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . THE AVON XEAU KftiBV (,». IC THE SEVERN CHAPTER II. THE UPPER OR WARWICKSHIRE AVOy. The Watershed of Central England—Xaseby—Rugby—The Swift—Lutterworth and Wiclif — Stoneleigh Ahbey and Kenil-?worth Clastle—Guys Clitf—The Leam—Warwick and its Castle—Stratford-on-Avon and its Shakespeare Associations—Evesham—Pershore—Tewkesbury. rPHE Avon is a typical river of tlie Kiifjlish lowlands, and it is surpassed by few-L in the quiet beauty of its scenery or in the places of interest on its rises in the northern part of Northamptonshire, on an elevated plateau, thehighest spot on which is nearly 700 feet above sea-level. This forms the Avatcr-shed of Central England, for on it also the Welland and the Nen begin theircourses to the Wash. But it is not only the source of an historic stream, itis also the scene of an historic event. Almost on the highest groimd is NasebyChurch, and to the north of that, quite in the corner of the county, is the fatalfield where
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