Making skilful use of old prints, photographs the author reveals riverside life in vivid, visual detail over two centuries - in the towns of Warwick, Stratford, Evesham, Pershore and Tewkesbury and in the many villages along the river, together with mills, bridges, fords, ferries, locks and weirs. Illustrations also throw light on the types of boats used...from sailing barges and ferry-boats to pleasure steamers. An intriguing and comprehensive view of the Avon, its people and its surroundings as they used to be.

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