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"BLAKENEY, a chapelry in the parish of Awre, hundred of Bledisloe, in the county of Gloucester, 3 miles to the S. of Newnham. It lies near the river Severn. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, of the value of £232, in the patronage of the Haberdashers' Company, London. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The Baptists have a chapel in the village. Cattle fairs are held here on the 12th May and the 12th November."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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- Original source material relating to Blakeney, and other parishes in Diocese of Gloucester may be found at the Gloucestershire Archives.
- The transcription of the section for Blakeney from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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- "Ecclesiastical parish formed from Awre, 1877."
(Ref: Guide to the Parish Records of the City of Bristol and the County of Gloucester; I. Gray & E. Ralph, 1963)
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