- Alde
- Aldeburgh
- Arrow (Wales)
- Staunton-on-Arrow
- 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
- Dartmouth
- Dyfi
- Aberdyfi
- Eden
- Crosby-on-Eden
- Fal
- Falmouth
- Humber
- Barton-upon-Humber
- Kent
- Kendal (originally Kent Dale)
- Plym
- Plymouth
- 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)
- Milton-on-Stour
- 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
- Teignmouth
- 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
- St Michael's-on-Wyre
Sunday, 28 July 2013
A River Runs Through It
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.
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