Day 210/22. Avington Park

A very pleasant, but very hot, walk around the banks of the River Itchen and past Avington today. The pub at the end of the walk was very welcome.
Avington dates back to as early as 961 and is recorded in the Doomsday Book.  Perched on the banks of the River Itchen, it was a Priory for the Monks of Saint Swithun, until King Henry VIII took the estate for the Tudors and Royal Courtiers.