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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Warwickshire River Avon is in River Severn.
The Warwickshire River Avon rises from a spring at Naseby, Northamptonshire [Map] after which it passes Welford, Northamptonshire [Map], Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire [Map], Catthorpe, Leicestershire [Map], Dow Bridge [Map], Rugby, Warwickshire [Map].
After Ruby it passes King's Newnham, Warwickshire [Map], Bretford, Warwickshire [Map], Brandon, Warwickshire [Map], Bubbenhall, Warwickshire [Map] before reaching Stoneleigh [Map] where it is joined by the River Sowe.
After Stoneleigh, Ashow, Warwickshire [Map], Warwick, Warwickshire [Map], Barford, Warwickshire [Map], Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire [Map], Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire [Map], Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [Map], Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire [Map], Evesham, Worcestershire [Map], Fladbury, Worcestershire [Map], Pershore, Worcestershire [Map], Eckington, Worcestershire [Map], Twyning Green, Gloucestershire [Map] before joining the River Severn at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [Map].
Dow Bridge [Map] is where Watling Street crossed the Warwickshire River Avon.
Stanford Bridge [Map] over the Warwickshire River Avon that forms the border between Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.
Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Severn Estuary, River Severn, Warwickshire River Avon, River Leam 
The River Leam rises near Hellidon, Northamptonshire [Map] from where it flows past Lower Catesby, Northamptonshire [Map], under the Catesby Viaduct [Map], past Wolfhampcote, Northamptonshire [Map] and Grandborough, Warwickshire [Map], Birdingbury, Warwickshire [Map], Marton, Warwickshire [Map], Eathorpe, Warwichshire [Map], Wappenbury, Warwickshire [Map], Hunningham, Warwickshire [Map], Offchurch, Warwickshire [Map] and Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [Map] after which it joins the Warwickshire River Avon.
Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Severn Estuary, River Severn, Warwickshire River Avon, River Sowe 
The River Sowe rises at Bedworth, Warwickshire [Map] from where it flows through Neal's Green, Warwickshire [Map], Longford Park, Coventry [Map], Stoke Aldermoor, Coventry [Map], past Lunt Roman Fort [Map] to Stoneleigh, Warwickshire [Map] after which it joins the Warwickshire River Avon.
Culture, Rivers and River Systems in England and Wales, Severn Estuary, River Severn, Warwickshire River Avon, River Stour Warwickshire 
The River Stour Warwickshire rises near Whichford, Warwickshire [Map] from where it flows past Stourton, Warwickshire [Map] and Tidmington, Warwickshire [Map] before passing through Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire [Map] after which it passes Tredington, Warwickshire [Map], Halford, Warwickshire [Map], Alderminster, Warwickshire [Map] and Clifford Chambers, Warwickshire [Map] before joining the Warwickshire River Avon.
