Avonmouth, in Gloucestershire, at the mouth of the Avon, 6 miles NW. of Bristol, with which it is connected by the Bristol Port and Pier Railway. Here are a pier and extensive docks (1879), constructed for the railway company at a cost of £600,000.
Avonmouth
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 615
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