116 The New Forest: its Tlistorvj and its Scenery. 



CHAPTER XI. 



THE VALLEY OF THE AVON.— FORDINGBRIDGE, CHAR- 

 FORD, BREAMORE. IBBESLEY, ELLINGHAIM, RING- 

 WOOD, SOPLEY. 



The Valley oi' the Avon from Castle Hill 



The Valley of the Avon should certainly be seen, both because 

 large parts of its manors and villages once stood in the 

 Forest, as also for the contrast which it now affords to the 

 neighbouring Forest scenery. Nothing can be so different to the 

 moors we have just left as the Valley. Though close to them, 

 you might imagine you were suddenly transported into one of 



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