The Avon, Devon
Historical Description
Avon, The, a river of Devon. It rises in Dartmoor Forest, C miles WSW of Ashburton, and runs, in a great easterly curve, with prevailing direction to the S, about 20 miles, past Diptford and Aveton-Gifford to the English Channel at Bigbury Bay.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5