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    Avon County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Avon in south west England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1974 and was...
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    Avon (/ˈeɪvən/) was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England that existed between 1974 and 1996. The county was named after the...
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    preposition; the town uses "upon" and the district uses "on". The council is based in Stratford-upon-Avon and the district, which is predominantly rural, also includes...
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    Avon Park is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,658, up from 8,836 at the 2010 census but...
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    five-mile (8.0 km) stretch near Saltford, with the help of the then Avon County Council, and using volunteers turned it into its first cycleway. The path...
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    Bradford-on-Avon (sometimes Bradford on Avon or Bradford upon Avon) is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, near the border with Somerset...
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    The 1993 Avon County Council election took place on 6 May 1993 to elect members of Avon County Council in England. This was on the same day as other nationwide...
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    There are currently 29 county councils in England, all of which serve areas known as non-metropolitan counties. Of these, 21 are upper-tier authorities...
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    height that damaged the skyline." Avon House was built speculatively but was occupied by the former Avon County Council when it was formed in April 1974...
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    within the county of Avon prior to the 1996 reforms, with Avon County Council providing county-level services to the area. Wansdyke and Avon had both been...
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    non-metropolitan district and placed in the new county of Avon, with county-level functions passing to the Avon County Council. Bristol's borough and city statuses...
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    Stratford-upon-Avon (/-ˈeɪvən/), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire...
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    a lower-tier district council from 1974 until 1996, with Avon County Council providing county-level services. The county of Avon was abolished in 1996...
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    Bidford-on-Avon is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire, very close to the border with Worcestershire. In the 2001 census...
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    Wiltshire (redirect from County of Wilts)
    Cotswolds, a limestone area. The county's two major rivers are both called the Avon; the northern Avon enters the county in the north-west and flows in...
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    lower-tier districts within the county of Avon prior to the 1996 reforms, with Avon County Council providing county-level services to the area. The districts...
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    Labour Party at 16 years old. He contested Cabot ward at the 1993 Avon County Council election, in which he came second to the Liberal Democrat candidate...
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    Stratford-upon-Avon (30,495). For local government purposes, Warwickshire is a non-metropolitan county with five districts. The county historically included...
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    name. The County of Avon that existed from 1974 to 1996 was named after the river, and covered Bristol, Bath, and the lower Avon valley. The Avon rises on...
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  • Avon was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a ceremonial county, but the name Avon continues to be used unofficially in subsequent boundary...
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    Avon Lake is a city in northeastern Lorain County, Ohio, United States, located on the southern shore of Lake Erie about 17 miles (27 km) west of Cleveland...
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  • Retrieved 4 October 2015. The County of Avon (Electoral Divisions) Order 1973 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Avon County Council Election Results 1973–1993...
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    Avon (/ˈeɪvɑːn/ AY-vahn) is a town in the Farmington Valley region of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the...
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    the time that the County of Avon was created in 1974, electing 1 member to Avon County Council and 3 members to Bristol City Council. The boundaries were...
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    Stratford-upon-Avon Canal to arrive back at the Avon at Stratford-upon-Avon. The navigation works on the Avon were originally authorised by an Order in Council and...
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  • established in his memory. A review of Bath secondary provision by Avon County Council in the 1980s proposed that the school be closed and replaced with...
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    Avon (/ˈeɪvɒn/ AY-von) is a city in northeastern Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 24,847 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland...
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  • Waltons Stores (Interstate Ltd) v Maher. Crabb v Arun District Council. Avon County Council v Howlett a person can be estopped from denying what he said...
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    was rebuilt in 1985 as a joint project between British Rail and Avon County Council. The A4 trunk road used to run through the town, but much of this...
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    on Bristol City Council for the Brislington West ward from 1989 to 1992 and from 1995 to 1997, and a councillor on Avon County Council from 1994 to 1996...
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