Blakeney, Gloucestershire Explained

Official Name:	Blakeney
Coordinates:	51.7613°N -2.4764°W
Static Image Name:	Bends in the road, Blakeney - geograph.org.uk - 812769.jpg
Civil Parish:	Awre
Shire District:	Forest of Dean
Shire County:	Gloucestershire
Region:	South West England
Country:	England
Constituency Westminster:	Forest of Dean
Post Town:	BLAKENEY
Postcode Area:	GL
Postcode District:	GL15
Os Grid Reference:	SO672070

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, and home to Thomas Sternhold, a groom of King Henry VIII's Robes.

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

Governance

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]

Web site: Blakeney. Virtual guide to the Royal Forest Of Dean. 3 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206161822/http://www.fweb.org.uk/Dean/towns/blakeney.htm. 6 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Hayes Manor. https://web.archive.org/web/20130126154535/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/9821700/Britains-best-listed-buildings-for-sale.html?frame=2459973. dead. 2013-01-26. Daily Telegraph.
Web site: Awre ward 2011. 26 March 2015.