Awkley is a
hamlet
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in the
parish
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of
Olveston in
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Kingswood, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke. The southern p ...
,
England
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. 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.
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.
A will dated 1632 showed that the hamlet (known as "Awklers"), was owned by a William Tovy, who held it in
socage
Socage () was one of the feudal duties and land tenure forms in the English feudal system. It eventually evolved into the freehold tenure called "free and common socage", which did not involve feudal duties. Farmers held land in exchange for ...
from the manor of Tockington. He left it to his son and heir, Edward Tovy.
References
External links
Olveston Parish website
Villages in South Gloucestershire District
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