| | | Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From | +--+------------------------+----------+-------------+--------------+ 4|Avington[A] pa|Berks |Hungerford 3|Newbury 6| 18|Avington[B] pa|Hants |Winchester 5|Alresford 4| 41|Avon chap|Wilts |Chippenham 3|Malmsbury 9| 39|Avon Dassett pa|Warwick |Banbury 6|Kineton 6| 11|Awliscombe pa|Devon |Honiton 2|Ottery St.M. 6| 16|Awre pa|Gloucester|Blakeney 3|Berkeley 3| 34|Axbridge[C] bo. m.t. & p|Somerset |Wells 10|Chedder 2| 41|Axford ti|Wilts |Marlborough 3|Ramsbury 4| +--+------------------------+----------+-------------+--------------+ | | |Dist.| Map| Names of Places. | Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+------------------------+------------------------+-----+--------+ 4|Avington[A] pa|Kintbury 2| 62| 191| 18|Avington[B] pa|Basingstoke 14| 60| 26| 41|Avon chap|Calne 7| 94| 226| 39|Avon Dassett pa|Southam 9| 75| | 11|Awliscombe pa|Collumpton 10| 154| 598| 16|Awre pa|Newnham 4| 124| 1309| 34|Axbridge[C] bo. m.t. & p|Bristol 18| 130| 998| 41|Axford ti|Albourne 5| 73| 450| +--+------------------------+------------------------+-----+--------+ [A] AVINGTON. Sir Francis Burdett is lord of this manor, and patron of the rectory. The church, which remains nearly in its original state, exhibits a curious specimen of Saxon architecture. Within the walls it measures 75 feet by 14 feet and a half. The nave is separated from the chancel by an arch richly ornamented by a zig-zag moulding, and a great variety of grotesque heads springing from two enriched piers; the arch is formed of the segments of two circles, each having different centres. In this church there is also a very singular font, of rude workmanship, surrounded with grotesque figures, executed in bass-relief; that is to say, sculpture, the figures of which do not stand out from the ground in their full proportion. [Sidenote: Sir Francis Burdett.]