Blakeney, Gloucestershire

Blakeney
Blakeney
	Blakeney Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	SO672070
Civil parish	Awre;
District	Forest of Dean;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLAKENEY
Postcode district	GL15
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Forest of Dean;
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°45′40″N 2°28′35″W / 51.76125°N 2.47636°W

Blakeney is a village in Gloucestershire, England.^[1] It in the parish of Awre and has views of the Forest of Dean.

It was the site of a Roman villa, dating to 75 AD,^[1] and home to Thomas Sternhold, a groom of King Henry VIII's Robes.^[1]

The local manor house is Hayes Manor, Viney Hill.^[2] Hawfield House on Newnham Road was built c. 1790.

Governance[edit]

The parish lies in the Awre electoral ward, which includes the village of Awre and Blakeney. The population at the 2011 census was 1,714.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Blakeney". Virtual guide to the Royal Forest Of Dean. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Hayes Manor". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
^ "Awre ward 2011". Retrieved 26 March 2015.

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