List Of Places In Avon
This is a list of settlements in the former ceremonial county of Avon, England. The administrative and ceremonial county of Avon was created in 1974 and abolished in 1996. See the list of places in England for places in other counties. The red links represent settlements that are awaiting an article. A Abbots Leigh - Abson - Acton Turville - Aldwick - Almondsbury - Alveston - Arnos Vale - Ashley Down - Ashton Gate - Aust - Avonmouth B Backwell - Badminton - Bannerdown - Banwell - Baptist Mills - Barrow Gurney - Barrs Court - Barton - Barton Hill - Bath - Bathampton - Batheaston - Bathford - Bathwick - Beach - Bedminster - Bedminster Down - Benter - Binegar - Bishop Sutton - Bishopston - Bishopsworth - Bitton - Blagdon - Bleadon - Bourton - Bradley Stoke - Brentry - Bridgeyate - Brislington - Bristol - Brockley - Burrington - Butcombe C Cameley - Camerton - Chapel Allerton - Carlingcott - Charlcombe - Charmy Down - Charterhouse - Chelvey - Chelwood - Chew Magna ...
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Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ...
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