A visit to Stourhead recently made me wonder whether that Stour was the same Stour as the one that runs through Shipston-on-Stour, and so another list was born. Towns and villages with a river in their name. It's not the same Stour at all, by they way.
- Alde
- Arrow (Wales)
- Avon (Warwickshire, tributary of the Severn)
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Welford-on-Avon
- Bidford-on-Avon
- Newbold on Avon
Avon (Bristol)
- Avonmouth
- Bradford-on-Avon
Cocker
- Cockermouth (where the Cocker runs into the Derwent)
Dart
Dyfi
Eden
Fal
Humber
Kent
- Kendal (originally Kent Dale)
Plym
Severn
- Frampton-on-Severn
- Oldbury-on-Severn
- Upton-upon-Severn
- Stourport-on-Severn (that one's doing my head in)
Stour (> Avon > Severn)
- Shipstone-on-Stour
- Preston on Stour
- Atherstone on Stour
Stour (a different one that runs down to Christchurch where it meets another Avon, which has Netheravon and Upavon on it)
Tavy
- Tavistock (originally Tavy's Dock)
Tees
- Thornaby-on-Tees
- Hurworth-on-Tees
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Middleton-in-Teesdale (I'll allow that)
- Forest-in-Teesdale
Teign
Thames
- Kingston upon Thames
- Sunbury-on-Thames
- Walton-on-Thames
- Staines-upon-Thames (really?)
- Richmond upon Thames
- Henley-on-Thames
- Purley-on-Thames
- Whitchurch-on-Thames
- Dorchester-on-Thames
- Sandford-on-Thames
- Lechlade-on-Thames
Trent
- Burton upon Trent
- Walton-on-Trent
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Newark-on-Trent
- Carlton-on-Trent
Tyne
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Langley-on-Tyne
Wye
- Ross-on-Wye
- Staunton-on-Wye
Wyre
