THE AVON.
TO TUB BDITOB Ot THB PBBSS,
Sib,—As shown by your correspondent, " Studio," Avon, or Avon, Is a name commou to so many rivers, and simply means " river," or " stream." Avondale and Stratbaven, the dale and strath .(narrower and wider valleys) through which the Avon flows, have been known .'by those names for hundreds of years. In ancient times the Caledonian forest extended up Avondale. It was held by the Douglasses for generations, but forfeited in 1435, and then given by James 111. to Andrew Stewart, whom he created '" Lord Avendale."
The Lanarkshire Avon was therefore known by its present designation over a hundred years before the birth of Shakespeare in-1564.—Yours, &c., John Djjans.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7829, 6 April 1891, Page 3
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115THE AVON. Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7829, 6 April 1891, Page 3
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