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Avon
Avon may refer to: *River Avon (other), several rivers Organisations *Avon Buses, former bus operating company in Merseyside and Cheshire, England * Avon Coachworks, a car body builder established in 1919 at Warwick, England, relaunched in 1922 as ''New Avon'' *Avon Inflatables, a British manufacturer of inflatable boats, RIBs and marine safety equipment *Avon Products, an Anglo-American manufacturer of various cosmetics and personal care products *Avon (publisher), an imprint of the publisher HarperCollins *Avon Technologies, formerly Avon Rubber and Avon Protection, a British manufacturer of rubber products * Avon Tyres, a British car, motorcycle and racing-tyre manufacturer, owned since 1997 by the Cooper Tire & Rubber Company *Avon and Somerset Police, a police service in the United Kingdom People * John Avon (born 1961), Welsh illustrator *Rex Avon, pseudonym of composer Montague Ewing (1890–1957) * Avon Cobourne (born 1979), American football running back *Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon Technologies
Avon Technologies plc is a British company that specialises in the engineering and manufacturing of respiratory protection equipment for military, law enforcement and fire personnel. Its corporate headquarters are south of Melksham in Wiltshire, England, at the Hampton Park West development. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The business was established when a former cloth mill, known as Avon Mill, on the banks of the River Avon at Limpley Stoke in Wiltshire, was acquired by Messrs E G Browne and J C Margetson in 1885. The previous owners of the site had been timber merchants but had diversified into rubber goods. By 1890, the business had transferred to premises in Melksham and was named The Avon India Rubber Company Limited. Products at this time included solid tyres, conveyor belts and components for railways. By 1900, pneumatic tyres for bicycles were being produced, and by 1906 the first car tyres were advert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon Buses
Avon Buses was a bus operator based in Prenton providing services in Merseyside and Cheshire, England. History Avon Minis, as the company was originally known, was founded in August 1981 by Larry Smith. By 1995 it had six buses and ran mostly school contracts plus one local route. The newest buses were two Leyland Titan (B15), Leyland Titans. The company expanded with services starting in Crosby, Merseyside, Crosby, Fazakerley and a former outstation in Bootle. The business was renamed Avon Buses in 2004/05. Avon Buses took over former Arriva North West routes 421 and 422, renumbering them to 22 and 22A. Avon then decided to renumber service 22A to 24 so it would not be confused with Helms Coaches service 23. They also took over five other groups of routes at the same time. After the Helms Coaches service was withdrawn, Avon Buses decided not to raise the frequency of routes 22 and 24 but add an additional Sunday 23 service from Heswall to Chester Bus Exchange, which was w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon (publisher)
Avon Publications is a leading publisher of romance fiction. At Avon's initial stages, it was an American paperback book and comic book publisher. The shift in content occurred in the early 1970s with multiple Avon romance titles reaching and maintaining spots in bestseller lists, demonstrating the market and potential profits in romance publication. As of 2010, Avon is an imprint of HarperCollins. Early history (1941–1971) Avon Books was founded in 1941 by the American News Company (ANC) to create a rival to Pocket Books. They hired brother and sister Joseph Meyers and Edna Meyers Williams to establish the company. ANC bought out J.S. Ogilvie Publications, a dime novel publisher partly owned by both the Meyers, and renamed it "Avon Publications". They also got into comic books. "The early Avons were somewhat similar in appearance to the existing paperbacks of Pocket Books, resulting in an immediate and largely ineffective lawsuit by that company. Despite this superfici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon And Somerset Police
Avon and Somerset Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the five unitary authority areas of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, all in South West England. , the force had 2,965 police officers, 299 special constables, and 330 police community support officers. The force serves 1.72million people over an area of . According to a House of Commons Library report, as of March 2023, Avon and Somerset Police had 3,330 Police Constables and 235 Special Constables. History The police area covered by Avon & Somerset Police today can trace its policing heritage back to the very start of the modern policing system. The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 created municipal boroughs across England and Wales, each with the power to create a borough police force. Before then, policing was largely unrecognisable from today's system, with watchmen and parish constables providing variable levels of law e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon Barksdale
Avon Randolph Barksdale is a fictional character in the American television series ''The Wire'', played by Wood Harris. Barksdale is one of the most powerful drug dealers in Baltimore, Maryland, and runs the Barksdale Organization. Stringer Bell, his second in command, insulates Barksdale from law enforcement and potential enemies. Working for Barksdale and Bell is a large organization of drug dealers and enforcers. Accepting nothing less than absolute power, Barksdale is shrewd and intuitive, although not as cerebral as Bell. Barksdale is partly based on a real-life gang leader who ran a drug dealing operation in West Baltimore. He is the main antagonist of the first season. Biography Criminal organization As of season 1, Avon remains a furtive but increasingly powerful force within West Baltimore's drug trade. His territory includes both the Franklin Terrace housing project and a nearby low-rise project referred to as "the Pit". Avon runs the organization with his second-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Avon (other)
River Avon may refer to: Australia * Avon River (Mid-Coast Council), New South Wales * Avon River (Wollongong), New South Wales * Avon River (Gippsland, Victoria) * Avon River (Grampians, Victoria) * Avon River (Western Australia) Canada * Avon River (Nova Scotia) * Avon River (Ontario) New Zealand * Avon River / Ōtākaro, in the Canterbury Region, where it runs through Christchurch. * Avon River (Marlborough) United Kingdom England * River Avon, Bristol, running from Acton Turville to Avonmouth (also known as the Bristol Avon). * River Avon, Devon, running from Ryder's Hill to Bigbury (also known as River Aune). * River Avon, Warwickshire, running from Naseby to Tewkesbury (also known as Shakespeare's Avon). * River Avon, Hampshire, running from Pewsey to Christchurch (also known as the Salisbury Avon). * Avon Water, Hampshire, running from Holmsley in the New Forest to Keyhaven. * Little Avon River, running from Wickwar to Berkeley, in Gloucestershire. * Tetbury Avon, a tribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon, Seine-et-Marne
Avon () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Geography Avon and Fontainebleau, together with three other smaller communes, form an urban area of 36,713 inhabitants. The two towns share a common boundary, whereas other miscellaneous smaller villages are scattered around in the forest that surrounds them (one of the largest in France). Avon is built between two hills; one of them, known as the Butte Montceau, supports the homonymous neighbourhood, made of small blocks and houses; on the opposite one is built the Fougères neighbourhood, consisting of larger buildings. The rest of the town consists mainly of small houses, in the neighbourhoods of La Vallée and Vieil Avon. As previously said, the town is nested in the Fontainebleau forest; it is bordered on one side by the Seine river, crossed over by the Pont de Valvins. Demographics The inhabitants are called the ''Avonnais''. Places of interest The main attraction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon, South Australia
Avon is a locality, former rail siding and former township between Bowmans and Long Plains in the Mid North region of South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in .... The railway station was on the Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line. The name "Avon" was taken from the Avon Farm settled by the Woods family in 1889. There was a school, post office store and church. The school opened in 1913. A Sunday school hall was built in 1923 and community hall in 1960 References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Avon, New Brunswick
New Avon is a Canadian unincorporated community in Northfield Parish, New Brunswick, Northfield Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Sunbury County, New Brunswick. Location It is located 3 kilometres southwest of Minto, New Brunswick, Minto. History Notable people See also *List of communities in New Brunswick References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon-les-Roches
Avon-les-Roches () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department The following is a list of the 272 communes of the Indre-et-Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): References Communes of Indre-et-Loire {{IndreLoire-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
