English county that was abolished in 1996 (4)

I believe the answer is:

avon

(Other definitions for avon that I've seen before include "Casual attitude" , "[WILTS] flower" , "Stratford's river" , "Shakespeare was known as the Bard of . . . ." , "Shakespeare its swan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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