Awkley

Awkley
Awkley
	The Vine, Awkley
	Awkley Location within Gloucestershire
Civil parish	Olveston;
District	South Gloucestershire;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bristol
Postcode district	BS35
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Thornbury and Yate;
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°34′11″N 2°35′12″W / 51.5697°N 2.5866°W

Awkley is a hamlet in the parish of Olveston in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies just off the M4 and M48 junctions. Several streams run in the area including Tockington Mill Rhine, Moor Rhine, Niatt Rhine and Sandy Rhine.^[1] One notable building at Awkley is the former Ebenezer chapel, dated to 1850. Now known as "The Vine", it reopened for worship in August 2006.^[2]

A will dated 1632 showed that the hamlet (known as "Awklers"), was owned by a William Tovy, who held it in socage from the manor of Tockington. He left it to his son and heir, Edward Tovy.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Awkley" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^ "The Vine, Awkley". Olvestonandaust.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^ Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Charles I (1893). The index library. 1-. British Record Society. ISBN 978-3-262-01199-1.
^ Will of William Tovy, Yeoman of Olveston in Bristol, Gloucestershire. National Archives. 29 June 1633.

External links

Olveston Parish website

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[1] "Awkley" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

[2] "The Vine, Awkley". Olvestonandaust.com. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

[3] Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Charles I (1893). The index library. 1-. British Record Society. ISBN 978-3-262-01199-1.

[4] Will of William Tovy, Yeoman of Olveston in Bristol, Gloucestershire. National Archives. 29 June 1633.

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