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Abson
Coordinates: 51°28′12″N 2°26′35″W / 51.470°N 2.443°W / 51.470; -2.443
Abson is a small village in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Abson is located on a minor road between the villages of Wick and Pucklechurch. It is a mainly nucleated in pattern with some additional outlying farms and settlements. The centre of the village is a small village green and the church.
Abson is part of the Church of England parish of Wick and Abson, and is within the parliamentary constituency of Thornbury and Yate.
The name Abson is a corruption of Abbots Ton - a place belonging to the Abbot. This was the Abbot of Glastonbury, as the manor of Pucklechurch (including Abson and other surrounding villages) was given to the Abbot after the murder of King Edmund at neighbouring Pucklechurch. In the 16th century the village was called Abston, and was since shortened to Abson.
Blue Lodge, one of the houses, was once the home of Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty. Whilst staying there she witnessed a man killed by a cart and this was incorporated into the novel.

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Acton Turville
Acton Turville is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is known as Achetone in the Domesday Book.
Coordinates: 51°31′N 2°17′W / 51.517°N 2.283°W / 51.517; -2.283

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Auckley
Coordinates: 53°30′N 1°01′W / 53.50°N 1.01°W / 53.50; -1.01
Auckley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, about five miles east of Doncaster town centre. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,266. The parish includes the villages of Auckley and Hayfield Green.
Auckley also has two mainstream schools providing education for local children from the surrounding catchement areas. Auckley Junior and Infant School for the under 11's and The Hayfield School for those over 11.
The Hayfield School ranks consistently as one of the best schools in the region. It was the 2nd highest achieving school for 2006/2007 in the entire Doncaster district (for GCSE results). [1]
Every August there is an annual show on the playing fields called the 'Auckley Show'. ( [2] ) It is generally centred around a large Marquee that is erected on the playing fields. Dances, discos and gardening competitions play a role in the events. The rest of the field consists of a large car-boot sale, stalls from various government branches (usually Fire service and Police) and personal stalls. The main event lasts 1 day (on a Saturday) with the Marquee open from the Friday through to the early hours of Sunday morning. Traditionally there is always a 'tug-of-war' match at some point in the afternoon.

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Aust
Aust is a small village in South Gloucestershire, England, the historical site of the eastern terminal of the Aust Ferry crossing route over the River Severn between England and Wales, believed to have been used in Roman times as a continuation of Icknield Street which led from Eastern England via Cirencester to Chepstow, Caerleon & to St David's. It is today near the eastern end of the Severn Bridge, built in 1966 to carry the M4 motorway (now the M48 motorway) over the river estuary to Wales. The village has been divided by both the motorway and dual carriageways which now dominate the local landscape. It has a chapel, a church and a public house. Formerly there was a pond near the chapel, since removed to make way for the motorway. There is a large area of farmland on the river bank, which is often flooded due to the high tides of the River. A tunnel runs under the River Severn from Aust to Beachley carrying electric cables. Aust lies at grid reference ST573891.
The civil parish of Aust also includes the villages of Elberton and Littleton-upon-Severn. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 518.

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Awkley
Coordinates: 51°34′59″N 2°34′37″W / 51.583°N 2.577°W / 51.583; -2.577
Awkley is a hamlet in the parish of Olveston in South Gloucestershire, England.

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Bagstone
Coordinates: 51°35′N 2°28′W / 51.58°N 2.46°W / 51.58; -02.46
Bagstone is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. On the B4058 between Rangeworthy and Cromhall
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Bridgeyate
Coordinates: 51°27′06″N 2°27′47″W / 51.4516°N 2.463°W / 51.4516; -2.463 Bridgeyate is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England. Local celebrity David Wilcox lives there. It is also a Lech Poznań stronghold.

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Cadbury Heath
Coordinates: 51°26′N 2°29′W / 51.44°N 2.49°W / 51.44; -02.49
Cadbury Heath is a suburb of Bristol, located in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.

Cadbury Heath is located in South Gloucestershire's Oldland Parish, but is very close to the border with Bitton Parish. Neighbouring villages and suburbs include Oldland, Oldland Common and Longwell Green.
Cadbury Heath contains the infamous council estate Park Estate aka "Banjo Island"^{[citation needed]}.
There are two local public houses,The Lamb and The King William IV, locally known as the "King Billy".
The suburb is also home to local churches, which include SuburbsChurch on Earlstone Crescent which is a Pentecostal church.
Each year there is a village fete in Cadbury Heath; this usually takes place during August.
Cadbury Heath has a Non-League football club Cadbury Heath F.C. who play at Springfield on Cadbury Heath Road,.
It is served by bus services 43, 44 and 45, 86/87, 318, 319, 532/533.

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Charlton, Bristol
Coordinates: 51°31′08″N 2°35′24″W / 51.519°N 2.590°W / 51.519; -2.590 Charlton was the name of a small village in Gloucestershire, England, demolished in the late 1940s. It was between Filton and Cribbs Causeway immediately north of Bristol.
Charlton was a tything in the ancient parish, and later civil parish, of Henbury. In 1870 it had a population of 425. In 1935 the village was transferred to the civil parish of Almondsbury.
The B4057 road ran through the village. Charlton had several farm houses, a public house called the Carpenters Arms, a post office, several large houses and a few cottages.
In the late 1940s nearly all of the village was demolished to make way for an extension of the main runway at Filton Airfield, now Filton Aerodrome, to accommodate take-offs of the giant Bristol Brabazon prop-driven airliner. Just before demolition, many of the former residents were rehoused in council housing on Patchway Estate.
Although the Brabazon project was cancelled in 1953, the extended runway proved very useful later, when Vulcan V bombers were dispersed to Filton during the Cuban Missile Crisis and when Concorde supersonic airliners took off.

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Coalpit Heath
Coordinates: 51°31′34″N 2°28′12″W / 51.526°N 2.47°W / 51.526; -2.47
Coalpit Heath is a small village in the parish of Westerleigh, South Gloucestershire, England, south of Yate and east of Frampton Cotterell in South Gloucestershire.
Due to the expansion of Coalpit Heath and the neighbouring villages in the late 20th century, the borders of Coalpit Heath with Frampton Cotterell have become vague. The village contains three Pubs, one post office, a 27-hole golf course (The Kendleshire) and numerous local stores. The village also includes a parish church (St. Saviour's), and a local primary school, (The Manor CofE VC Primary school).
It was founded as a coal mining settlement. One pit was on Frog Lane at ST 685 815 (to the north east of the village). Other mines operated between Mays Hill and Nibley to the north and at Ram Hill and Henfield to the south. These were served by a railway line, closed some decades ago and no longer visible on the ground. In 1949 the coal ran out, and since then it has become a sought after place to live, with fields and easy accommodation. The South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group (SGMRG) has done a lot of research into the history of mining in the area.

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Cold Ashton
Coordinates: 51°27′07″N 2°21′43″W / 51.452°N 2.362°W / 51.452; -02.362
Cold Ashton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. The village church has a 14th century tower and the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 16th century by Thomas Key, its rector.
In 1643 during the English Civil War Sir Bevil Grenville was injured at the Battle of Lansdowne and carried to the rectory at Cold Ashton, where he died.
Coordinates: 51°27′N 2°22′W / 51.45°N 2.367°W / 51.45; -2.367
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Conham
Coordinates: 51°26′N 2°32′W / 51.44°N 2.53°W / 51.44; -02.53
Conham is a suburb of the city of Bristol in England. It lies near Hanham on the north bank of the River Avon just outside the city boundaries in South Gloucestershire.
The Conham Ferry is a small passenger ferry which operates across the river from Conham to Broomhill.
The Conham River Park lies in a loop of the River Avon, and forms part of the Avon Valley Woodlands.

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Cribbs Causeway
Cribbs Causeway is a road in South Gloucestershire, England, just north of Bristol, which has given its name to a large out-of-town shopping centre, including retail parks and an enclosed shopping centre known as The Mall. Cribbs Causeway is situated west of Patchway, although in the civil parish of Almondsbury.
The road runs from the northern edge of Bristol at Henbury to a point just beyond the M5 junction 17. It now forms parts of the A4018 and B4055. The primary access routes to the shopping centre are the A4018 from Bristol, the M5 motorway and the Patchway bypass road.
The Hazel Brook rises at Cribbs Causeway, flowing southwards through Blaise Castle estate, before joining the River Trym.
The name of the road is often said to owe its name to Tom Cribb, a famous bare-knuckle boxer from the Bristol area. However, this was proved wrong in the 1960s by the discovery of a map showing the current name dated to four years prior to his 1781 birth. The book's author goes on to speculate that the true origin of the name may be from Crybe's dwelling (Crybe being a personal name), or from crib – a manger or hovel. But all that we can truly glean from this is that the causeway - i.e. the Roman road - was named for a family with the surname Cribb (which may or may not have been closely related to the boxer's family: he was from Hanham on the opposite side of Bristol). This local family was probably also commemorated in the smallholding called Crybescroft which existed in Henbury in 1281.

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Cromhall
Cromhall is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is located between Bagstone and Charfield on the B4058, and also borders Leyhill
Cromhall is about 1 mile from Falfield on the A38 Tortworth turn off. Tortworth Estate is owned by Lord Morton, Earl of Ducie. The village of Cromhall is spread out and about 1 mile long, being one of the longest village in England.
The gargoyled church of St Andrews is situated in Rectory Lane and was built over a monastery. There is an area named Abbotside close to the church. The church of England village school, is also called St Andrews and is situated next to the church. It is said that there is a tunnel which runs under the church yard, across the field and eventually comes out at Abbotside. The tunnel is believed to have been used in Tudor times during the reign of Henry VIII as a safe passage by monks from the abbey. At the other end of the village towards Yate, there is a small lane called Cowship Lane. In the village there is a post office, garage and a local pub called The Royal Oak.

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Doynton
Doynton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England.
In Doynton there is a pub, The Cross House, there is also a park and playing field. In the middle of the village there is a hall which is used for meetings and entertainment purposes. The church in Doynton has been noted for its herringbone masonry (around 12th century) on the south wall. The River Boyd also runs through the northern end of the village. Doynton and the Boyd were immortalised by the poet and fisherman John Dennys, Squire of Pucklechurch, in his poem "The Secrets of Angling", the earliest English poetical treatise on fishing, published in 1613:
And thou sweet Boyd that with thy watry sway
Dost wash the cliffes of Deington and of Weeke
And through their Rockes with crooked winding way
Thy mother Avon runnest soft to seeke.

Doynton is a picturesque village situated on the lower slopes of the Cotswolds, it's king Samuel Luke Bond resides over his people in a manner most regal and has his pick of the local virgins. Approximately two miles south-east of Pucklechurch. The River Boyd passes through the northern part of Doynton, and the village is surrounded by rich pastures and varied topography. The village is essentially linear in character with development lining the four main roads into the village.

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Duckhole
Coordinates: 51°37′48″N 2°31′01″W / 51.630°N 2.517°W / 51.630; -2.517
Coordinates: 51°37′48″N 2°31′01″W / 51.630°N 2.517°W / 51.630; -2.517
Duckhole is a small village within view of Oldbury Nuclear Power Station in South Gloucestershire, England. It has a population of less than fifty. It was first settled in the 18th century when King George III granted the area to famous land proprietor DuckvonHolis as a reward for the thousands of war bonds he purchased during the Seven Years' War.
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Dyrham
Dyrham is a village and parish in South Gloucestershire, England.
Dyrham is at lat. 51° 29' north, long. 2° 22' west (grid reference ST37381757). It lies at an altitude of 100 metres above sea level. It is near the A46 trunk road, about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Bath and a little south of the M4 motorway. The Cotswold Way long-distance footpath runs through the village.
Dyrham is administered by the civil parish of Dyrham & Hinton and by the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire.
(See main article: Battle of Deorham)
Dyrham is thought to have been the site of the important Battle of Deorham in 577 AD.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the tenant-in-chief of Dyrham as William FitzWido (William son of Guy, Latinised as Willelmus Filius Widonis). In 1086 he held 7 hides in Dyrham, formerly the land of Aluric. He had formerly held also 3 hides of this manor which Durand de Pitres, Sheriff of Gloucester, had given to Pershore Abbey, by the King's command. These had apparently (according to Mr Alfred Ellis)been given to Turstin FitzRolf by "Earl William", presumably William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford.

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Easter Compton
Easter Compton is a village in the civil parish of Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated at the bottom of a hill (known as Blackhorse Hill) near Junction 17 of the M5 Motorway on the B4055.
The village is only 1.5 miles away from the busy Mall shopping and leisure complex at Cribbs Causeway. There is a pub (The Fox), a post office (open Monday/Wednesday/Friday in the mornings and based in the village hall), Methodist chapel, and a playing field (including skate park). It is served by the church of Compton Greenfield, as well as the chapel in the village. The B4055 road leads to Pilning, Redwick and Severn Beach.
The National Cycle Network runs through the village on its way to the Severn Bridge by which it is possible to enter Wales on foot or bicycle. There are some walks locally which give great views of the surrounding country side, especially from the top of Spaniorum Hill Each year in June, the village holds a carnival. The main road through the village is closed and the carnival procession finishes on the playing field where the floats are judged and various entertainments and stalls are available. In 2006, due to insurance restrictions, the carnival, previously drawn by lorries and vans provided by a local haulage firm, was restricted to non-motorised transport and the traditional throwing of water and flour was forbidden.

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Emersons Green
Coordinates: 51°29′41″N 2°30′18″W / 51.4947°N 2.5049°W / 51.4947; -2.5049
Emersons Green is a residential area on the northern outskirts of Bristol, England. It was developed from farming land during the 1990s and early 21st century, and sits between the historic villages of Mangotsfield and Downend. Emersons Green lies within the Unitary Authority of South Gloucestershire, and is part of the Parliamentary Constituency of Kingswood.
The area was selected for development as part of the Avon County Structure Plan in 1985. Formerly green belt land bordering Mangotsfield and Downend, it was proposed to develop the area that now constitutes Emersons Green, with the green belt area being moved outwards. This area would also contain parts of the extensions to the A4174 Avon ring road.
Coal was mined from the area during the 19th century. To the south there is a quarry, which has been reactivated.
Three areas of Emersons Green can be identified, according to the original development plan:
Emersons Green is 6 miles from the centre of Bristol and 10 miles from Bath.

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Engine Common
Engine Common is a village in South Gloucestershire, England.
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Coordinates: 51°33′N 2°26′W / 51.55°N 2.433°W / 51.55; -2.433

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Frampton Cotterell
Coordinates: 51°32′N 2°29′W / 51.54°N 2.48°W / 51.54; -2.48
Frampton Cotterell is a village and parish, in South Gloucestershire, south west England on the River Frome. The village is continuous with Winterbourne to the south-west and Coalpit Heath to the east. The parish borders Iron Acton to the north and Westerleigh to the south-east, the large town of Yate is three miles away. The village is 8 miles north-east of the city of Bristol.
The village has evolved from a once rural Gloucestershire village, to a partial dormitory village for Bristol. The population in the 2001 census was around 6,800 and is increasing .
Very little archaeological work has taken place in the Frampton Cotterell area so knowledge of the area prior to the Anglo-Saxon arrival is limited. Local historians tend to use field names and street names to work out the distant history of the village. It is believed from place names that there were two settlements in the area in the Roman times. One centred on the group of shops at the Church Road/Frampton End Road junction, where the name Dullage survived until the 1940s. The second was in rural farmland west of Cogmill in between Frampton Cotterell and Iron Acton, here several fields held the name Chessolds from the old English 'ceastel' meaning 'a heap of stones'.

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Frenchay
Coordinates: 51°29′52″N 2°31′10″W / 51.4979°N 2.5194°W / 51.4979; -2.5194
Frenchay is a suburb of Bristol, England, to the north east of the city, but located mainly in South Gloucestershire and the Civil Parish of Winterbourne.
Frenchay was first recorded in 1257 as Fromscawe and later as Fromeshaw, meaning the wood on the Frome.
The suburb is situated between the B4058 road, which runs parallel to the M32 motorway, and the wooded River Frome valley.
Frenchay's largest place of worship is the Anglican church of John the Baptist, adjacent to the large village common, which is overlooked by period houses. Also overlooking the common is the village school which dates from 1842. The village also contains a Catholic church, a Quaker Meeting House and a Unitarian chapel.
The main campus of University of the West of England is named Frenchay Campus, and there is a business park nearby.
Frenchay is also home to Frenchay Hospital, greatly expanded during World War II for the US Army, which treated wounded soldiers returning from the D-Day landings in Normandy. Frenchay is still one of Bristol's major hospitals. Its facilities have been greatly extended in recent years, although wartime buildings are still much in evidence. The hospital is currently under threat of closure.

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Gaunt's Earthcott
Coordinates: 51°33′18″N 2°31′23″W / 51.555°N 2.523°W / 51.555; -2.523
Gaunts Earthcott is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England, consisting of a ruined chapel, a few houses and two farms. Green Farm and Court Farm. The village is located approximately 2+¹⁄₂ miles (4 km) from Rudgeway and the A38 road and about the same distance from Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne. The village is located close to the interchange between the M4 and M5 motorways. There is no real industry as such and the main economic activity in the area is farming.
Gaunt's Earthcott should not be confused with Earthcott, a couple of miles away on the B4059 road between the A38 and Yate.
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Hambrook
Coordinates: 51°30′29″N 2°31′05″W / 51.508°N 2.518°W / 51.508; -2.518
Hambrook is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, just outside the outskirts of the city of Bristol. It lies between the two larger communities of Winterbourne and Frenchay and is part of the Civil Parish of Winterbourne. Though Hambrook has become a commuter village with the M4 running through it, the village has retained a largely peaceful, semi-rural appearance despite its proximity to Bristol, to the large town of Bradley Stoke and to the shopping centre at Cribbs Causeway.
Hambrook lies at the south-western foot of Winterbourne Hill. The village has woodlands and fields leading down from Winterbourne. The village's most distinctive feature is its common (or village green) which locals refer to as 'Hambrook' or 'Whiteshill Common' in light of its close proximity to the hamlet of Whiteshill. Site of the Civil Parish's war memorial and the village's primary school, with cosy cottages flanking it on either side and offering views of Winterbourne Hill, Hambrook Common makes a peaceful retreat. Cricket attracts crowds here in the summer months.

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Hanham
Hanham is a village on the eastern outskirts of Bristol, England, situated on the A431 between Bristol, Bath and Keynsham. It is in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire. It became a civil parish on April 1, 2003.
The village is reputed to have one of the oldest public houses in Britain, The Blue Bowl - thought to have started life as a tavern for Roman soldiers. There is no firm evidence for the age of the pub but Roman coins have been discovered nearby and St Lyte wrote in 1480 that it was an old established hostelry.
It is the site of Hanham Lock on the River Avon.
George Whitefield first preached in the open air on Hanham Mount to Kingswood miners in 1739. Because he was soon to go to Georgia he introduced John Wesley to his congregation and to open air preaching, a great novelty in 18th century Britain. A replica pulpit was erected in honour of this, as well as commemorative plaques.
For the 1950s Festival of Britain an 80 ft high beacon was erected in honour of Baptists who suffered persecution during the period 1662 to 1689. In 2007 it was replaced by a newer, taller and brighter beacon, the former one having been considered unsafe.

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Harry Stoke
Coordinates: 51°30′39″N 2°32′44″W / 51.5109°N 2.5456°W / 51.5109; -2.5456
Harry Stoke is a village in the parish of Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire, England.
There were 3 manors in the parish of Stoke Gifford. The Giffards and Berkeleys held Stoke and Walls. Harry Stoke was a separate manor held by Aldred in Saxon times, Theobald in Norman times and the Blount and De Filton families in mediaeval times. The Berkeleys bought it in the l6th century.
One of the last coal mines in the Bristol Coalfield was at Harry Stoke. The mine was a drift mine, begun in 1952. Bad roof conditions made the mine uneconomic, and it closed in 1963.
A history of Harry Stoke is now available at Adrian Kerton's Home page and at the Southern Brooks Archaeology website.

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Hawkesbury Upton
Coordinates: 51°34′45″N 2°19′08″W / 51.579178°N 2.318766°W / 51.579178; -2.318766
Hawkesbury Upton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, east of the much smaller Hawkesbury. It lies north of Horton, east of Dunkirk and south of Alderley and Hillesley. The "Somerset Monument" is on the Cotswold Edge nearby.
Hawkesbury Upton is close to the A46 road. Hawkesbury Upton is larger than Hawkesbury, which lies a little way to the west. Hawkesbury Upton lies next to the Cotswold Way, leading villagers to call it a Cotswold village. The village's greatest claim to fame is that it is home to world-renowned football club, the Hawkesbury Stallions. The Stallions play in the Stroud and District League

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Ingst
Coordinates: 51°34′48″N 2°34′55″W / 51.580°N 2.582°W / 51.580; -2.582 Ingst is a hamlet in the parish of Olveston in South Gloucestershire, England. It consists of five households, most of which are farms with cattle.
The M48 motorway passes by the hamlet.
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Kendleshire
Coordinates: 51°31′01″N 2°29′06″W / 51.517°N 2.485°W / 51.517; -2.485 Kendleshire is a small scattered settlement in South Gloucestershire, England. Between Winterbourne Down and Henfield.
Kendleshire village includes about a dozen residences, Woodlands Manor Nursing Home and The Golden Heart public house. Contrary to popular belief, very little of The Kendleshire Golf Club [1] lies within the hamlet of Kendleshire village. Only really the 16th, 22nd (and parts of the 20th & 21st) holes are included in the settlement, the clubhouse and the rest of the course being in Henfield.

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Little Badminton
Little Badminton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It has its own grass airstrip.
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Coordinates: 51°33′N 2°17′W / 51.55°N 2.283°W / 51.55; -2.283

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Little Sodbury
Coordinates: 51°32′52″N 2°20′55″W / 51.547740°N 2.348686°W / 51.547740; -2.348686
Little Sodbury is an English village in South Gloucestershire, located between Chipping Sodbury, to the West, Old Sodbury to the South, Badminton, and the A46 road to the East and Horton and Hawkesbury Upton, to the north.
The "manor of Sodbury" comprises the nearby Chipping Sodbury and Old Sodbury: it is distinct from that of Little Sodbury.
St Adeline's Church was built in 1859 by William James.
Little Sodbury Manor is originally 15th century, the home of Sir John Walsh who employed William Tyndale as chaplain and tutor to his grandchildren in 1522-3; by tradition he began his translation of the Bible in his bedroom here. The manor retains the porch and Great Hall, with a timber roof resting on corbels carved as shield-bearing angels, of the fifteenth-century courtyard house. The house fell into disrepair in the nineteenth century, but was restored by architect Sir Harold Brakspear for Lord Grosvenor and later Baron de Tuyll.

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Little Stoke
Little Stoke is a suburb of north Bristol, situated in South Gloucestershire, England. Surrounded by Patchway, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke, in the middle, is often forgotten. Home to Patchway railway station, a minor stop on the railway network, the railway line also separates Little Stoke from the large Rolls Royce factories in nearby Filton. A road tunnel (under the railway) linking the two, has seen many accidents over the years, due to it being low in height and very narrow.
Little Stoke is also home to a large playing field and a community centre. Near the railway arch are some local shops including a Post Office.
Many of the road names are linked to engines produced in the 1950s and 1960s at what is now the Rolls-Royce factory. The area originally consisted of many council houses and post WWII prefabs. In recent years, some of the houses have been renovated; however, some owners have kept the older style of house.
Little Stoke has one Public House, The Stokers (formally The Magpies), situated on Gipsy Patch Lane, and one Social Club, situated on Braydon Avenue.

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Longwell Green
Coordinates: 51°26′15″N 2°29′41″W / 51.4374°N 2.4947°W / 51.4374; -2.4947
Longwell Green is a suburb just outside the east fringe of Bristol. It is located within the traditional county of Gloucestershire and the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire (previously Avon). It lies along the A431 Bath Road, near the river Avon at grid reference ST658710.
Until relatively recently this was a small rural community but this changed in 1977 when 1.62 km² of land were developed for housing and businesses as part of Bristol's recent rapid expansion.
The centre of Longwell Green, and the site of the original village, is based along a stretch of the A431 Bath Road. The A431 is a Roman road and runs from Bath to Bristol. Longwell Green sits five miles (8 km) from Bristol and seven miles (11 km) from Bath.
There are a number of transport links which connect Longwell Green with both Bristol and Bath. The much criticised 45 bus route, operated by First Bristol, travels from Cadbury Heath to the centre of Bristol via Hanham, St. George and Redfield, whilst the 332, operated by First Somerset & Avon, connects the centres of both Bristol and Bath via Longwell Green. Keynsham is reachable on the 318 bus, also operated by First Group, and from here it is possible to travel by train Bristol and Bath, both of which have services to London. The Bristol ring road also passes through the outskirts of Longwell Green.

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Mangotsfield
Coordinates: 51°29′N 2°29′W / 51.48°N 2.49°W / 51.48; -2.49
Mangotsfield is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, situated north of the Bristol suburb of Kingswood, bounded to the north by the M4 motorway and to the east by the Emersons Green housing estate.
The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Manegodesfelle. St James's Church was originally 13th century but was altered in 1812 by James Foster of Bristol and again in 1851 by Pope, Bindon and Clarke. Rodway Hill House is 16th century.
In the centre of the village there used to be small village green, but it has been replaced by a large pavement, car parking and some local shops. Over the last decade the development of the Emersons Green housing estate has given rise to a large amount of traffic in the village.
Mangotsfield railway station on the former Midland Railway line was closed in 1966. It was the junction on the main line between Bristol and Gloucester for the branch line that ran to Bath Green Park and on to the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway to Bournemouth. The playwright and actor Arnold Ridley, famous for portraying the part of Private Godfrey in the BBC comedy Dad's Army, reputedly got the idea for his famous play The Ghost Train whilst waiting at the deserted station to catch a train in the early 1920s.

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Milbury Heath
Milbury Heath is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, located east of Thornbury. The hamlet has a garden centre and a few other farm shops. The heath is a local high point (109m asl at grid reference ST666902) and offers quite good views West across the Severn Vale, and North into the Vale of Berkeley; (for a good view East to the Cotswold Edge, it is better to proceed to Tytherington Hill about a mile to the South). A seat at the viewpoint commemorates the centenary of Falfield Parish Council in 1994. The hamlet has a former (Methodist?) chapel now converted to a private house, and a recently-restored duck-pond.
The hamlet is on the Avon Cycleway. Both the A38 road and M5 motorway pass nearby. Just to the north on the A38, (technically in Buckover), is the 'White Horse' pub.
The garden centre at Milbury Heath has come under fire due the treatment of robins who were nesting there and were sometimes flying in the cafeteria section. They were killed after getting permission from DEFRA. This sparked controversy among many groups, including the RSPCA. The garden centre defended the killings by claiming they were "a pest" and a "health hazard".

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New Passage
New Passage is a small hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England located on the banks of the Severn estuary near the village of Pilning. It derives its name from the ferry service which operated between there and South Wales before the late 19th century, when it lost out in competition with the Aust Ferry slightly upstream.
Because the estuary is narrow at this point, New Passage has long been the location for a ferry crossing to and from South Wales. During the English Civil War, Prince Rupert was chased across the river, and the pursuing Roundheads drowned on the English Stones rocks after being assured by the ferryman of the safety of the crossing.
By the end of the 17th century, ferry crossings from here to Black Rock near Portskewett in Monmouthshire rivalled the Aust ferry two miles (3 km) upstream, known as the "Old Passage", where crossings had been made for centuries. In 1715 the New Passage ferry service was taken over and developed by the Lewis family of St. Pierre, Monmouthshire, allowing it to be used by mail and passenger coaches between Bristol and south Wales. Records show Charles Wesley had a lucky escape in 1743, when his ship almost foundered in stormy weather.

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Old Sodbury
Coordinates: 51°32′01″N 2°21′22″W / 51.533601°N 2.356147°W / 51.533601; -2.356147
Old Sodbury is a small village in the valley of the River Frome just below and to the west of the Cotswold escarpment and to the east of Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire, England. The village extends from Chipping Sodbury in the West to the Cotswold Edge in the East and is on the Cotswold Way. The Badminton Road (A432) winds eastwards through the village, up to its junction with the A46, which broadly follows the line of the Fosseway and runs along the top of the Cotswold escarpment (from Bath to Stroud).
The village lies on an old coaching route, and is much more ancient than its westerly neighbour, Chipping Sodbury: hence the name 'Old' Sodbury.
The name of the village is recorded in Anglo-Saxon (in the dative case) as Soppanbyrig = "Soppa's fort" and in Domesday Book as Sopeberie. The name may refer to the Iron Age hill fort just to the north-east of the village. The fort, perched on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment, is enclosed on three sides by two parallel earthworks, and is open to the west, commanding an impressive view of the Frome Valley, Severn Vale and the Welsh mountains. The earth walls enclose an area of 11 acres (45,000 m²), and are usually kept mown by the local farmer (the fort is in private hands, but accessible). The fort can be reached by footpath from the A46 road, and through the village from below via the Cotswold Way. Below the fort are a group of ancient pillow mounds which are supposed to have been created by people who hoped rabbits would develop warrens there - providing a source of meat.

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Oldbury Naite
Coordinates: 51°38′35″N 2°33′18″W / 51.643°N 2.555°W / 51.643; -2.555
Oldbury Naite is a village in South Gloucestershire, England.

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Oldland
Coordinates: 51°26′15″N 2°29′00″W / 51.4375°N 2.4833°W / 51.4375; -2.4833
Oldland is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The parish includes the villages of Cadbury Heath and Longwell Green, and part of Willsbridge. It does not include Oldland Common, which is in the parish of Bitton.
In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 14,623.
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Oldland Common
Coordinates: 51°26′37″N 2°28′11″W / 51.4437°N 2.4697°W / 51.4437; -2.4697
Oldland Common is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, on the outskirts of Bristol. It is in the civil parish of Bitton, approximately 8 miles between the centres of cities Bristol and Bath. It is a mainly residential area with a few small shops for the local community.
Oldland Common is the birthplace of the famous astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell, and is home to the Sir Bernard Lovell secondary school, a designated language college opened by Lovell himself in 1972, once attended by England cricketer Marcus Trescothick. Other schools in the village are St. Anne's Church of England Primary School (built in 1837 & initially called Oldland National School), Redfield Edge Primary School and Cherry Gardens Primary School.
The village lies on the Avon Valley Railway and is served by Oldland Common railway station. It has a population of just under 7,000 (according to the 2001 Census).
Oldland Common was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. As was common in the surrounding area, the village was involved in the coal mining industry and had its own pit on Cowhorn Hill during the 1800s.

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Olveston
Olveston is a small village and larger parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The parish comprises the villages of Olveston and Tockington, and the hamlets of Old Down, Ingst and Awkley. Alveston became a separate parish in 1846. The district has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and the salt marshes that made up almost half of the parish, were progressively drained in Roman and Saxon times. A sea wall was constructed at the same time to prevent flooding from the nearby estuary of the River Severn.
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin was built around 1170 and rebuilt in 1370. It was struck by lightning in 1605 and the bells, spire and much of the chancel were destroyed. The tower was rebuilt the following year, and the church has been restored and enlarged in later years. Parish registers survive from 1561. The church contains the funerary brass(dated to 1506), and was the burial place, of Sir Walter Denys (d.1506) and his father Maurice Denys(d.1466), esquire, both lords of the manor, seated at Olveston Court.

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Petty France
Coordinates: 51°34′05″N 2°18′32″W / 51.568°N 2.309°W / 51.568; -2.309
Petty France is a hamlet in the rural north of South Gloucestershire, near the Gloucestershire border, in Hawkesbury parish. It is on the A46, which runs from Bath, to Nailsworth and Stroud, just south of another, slightly smaller hamlet, Dunkirk.
Previously, Petty France and Dunkirk were known as road accident hotspots. The proportion of fatal and serious accidents was 46%, significantly higher than the average for South Gloucestershire as a whole, which is 12%. 13 accidents occurred between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001, including 2 fatal accidents, four were serious and seven were slight., as a result of this the speed through the two hamlets was reduced to 40 MPH. Badminton and Hawkesbury Upton are also nearby.
The Manor House in Petty France was built in 1812 for Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, prime minister from 1812 to 1827. The house has seen the likes of Lord Wellington, and has been in the ownership of the poet Wordsworth's family, Lord and Lady Apsley and the Duke of Beaufort; today it is a hotel..

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Pilning
Coordinates: 51°33′50″N 2°38′30″W / 51.5640°N 2.6417°W / 51.5640; -2.6417
Pilning is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, close to Redwick and Severn Beach. Pilning is close to the busy M4, M49 and A403 as well as a railway line running through it, with a minor station. Nevertheless, it is a village filled with history and many sights.
Because of the close proximity of the River Severn and the English Stones section of the river bed, Pilning has found itself the ideal place to make both a substantial railway tunnel and motorway bridge. The Severn Tunnel opened in 1885 and the Second Severn Crossing opened in 1996.
The parish church of St Peter was completed in 1855 (consecrated 9 August), the principal architect was Thomas Henry Wyatt and H. Crisp it also has a late 20th century south extension in same style. It is a grade II listed building.
Pilning has an annual Carnival and family fun night. It also has its very own amateur dramatic society "The Village Players".

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Pucklechurch
Pucklechurch is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
Pucklechurch is a historic village with an incredibly rich past, from the Bronze Age with its tumulus on Shortwood Hill, up to the siting of a barrage balloon depot in World War II. Not many Parishes in England can point to the former existence of a Royal building within their boundaries - Pucklechurch is an exception. Not only that, as the Anglo Saxon Chronicle tells us, King Edmund I was in fact murdered here, at his hunting lodge, in 946: "A.D. 946 . This year King Edmund died, on St. Augustine's mass day. That was widely known, how he ended his days: that Leof stabbed him at Pucklechurch."
Located near the Bristol Ring Road (A4174), the quaint village of Pucklechurch is at the top of an escarpment, with fine views towards the Cotswolds, about four miles (6 km) east. It is renowned for its village garden competitions, which take place during the summer each year. It is approximately midway between the major cities of Bristol and Bath in south-west England, and around 100 miles (160 km) west of London.

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Ram Hill
Coordinates: 51°31′N 2°28′W / 51.52°N 2.46°W / 51.52; -02.46
Ram Hill is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England. It is located between Coalpit Heath and Westerleigh and adjoins the hamlet of Henfield immediately to the south. In the Mudge Map 1815, Ram Hill was known as Nutridge Hill, and was linked to Westerleigh by Broad Lane and to Mays Hill by Frog Lane.
Ram Hill is a small hamlet that has seen considerable land use change over the recent centuries moving from a traditional agricultural landscape to an active coal mining area by the beginning of the nineteenth century. The population would have increased at that time supported by the introduction of new miner's cottages by the Coalpit Heath Colliery Company.
The closure of Ram Hill Colliery and Churchleaze Pits in the 1860s represented change but the new branch line to the Frog Lane Pit along with the movement of labour to the pit and the nearby Parkfield Colliery would have ensured that the industrial nature of the area was maintained to well into the twentieth century. In 1903 the new Great Western Railway direct route from Badminton to South Wales and the railway sidings at Coalpit Heath Railway Station would also have had an impact.

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Rangeworthy
Rangeworthy is a semi-rural farming village in South Gloucestershire, England, nearby communities include Falfield and Charfield.
The village lies between Iron Acton and Bagstone, along the B4058 road. It is a long village divided by a road with a well used village hall, pub, hotel, Indian restaurant, recreation ground, primary school & church. A village committee organises village events including the children's Christmas party, Summer Fete & Beer Festival. There are other organisations such as the Court Players, Women's Institute, a Youth Club, Toddlers group and Parish magazine.
Several good public footpaths give access to the countryside & there are bridle paths for horse riders & cyclists.^{[citation needed]}
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Coordinates: 51°34′N 2°27′W / 51.567°N 2.45°W / 51.567; -2.45

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Rudgeway
Rudgeway is a village in South Gloucestershire in south west England, located between Alveston and Almondsbury on the A38 trunk road. It lies east of Earthcott, Latteridge, Iron Acton and Yate on the B4059 road.
The original village name was Ridgeway, since it was spread out along the upper edge of the escarpment above the Severn floodplain. Perhaps due to people mishearing the name, it evolved into Rudgeway. The former Methodist chapel built in 1896 is a small gothic structure. The church closed in 2001 and has been converted into a house.
The petrol station closed due to competition from garages in neighbouring villages. There is a restaurant, 'the Masons Arms'. South of Rudgeway a long straight section of the A38, known as the Mile Straight, heads towards Almondsbury.
Coordinates: 51°34′41″N 2°32′25″W / 51.57814°N 2.54025°W / 51.57814; -2.54025

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Siston
Siston (pronounced "sizeton") is a small village in South Gloucestershire, England 7 miles (11 km) east of Bristol Castle, ancient centre of Bristol, recorded historically as Syston, Sistone, Syton, Sytone and Systun etc. The village lies at the confluence of the two sources of the Siston Brook, a tributary of the River Avon. The village consists of a number of cottages and farms centered around St Anne's Church, and the grand Tudor manor house of Siston Court. Anciently it was bordered to the west by the royal Hunting Forest of Kingswood, stretching most of the way to Bristol Castle, always a royal possession,caput of the Forest. The local part of the disafforested Kingswood became Siston Common but has recently been eroded by the construction of the Avon Ring Road and housing developments. A conservation area since 1989, the village and environs have statutory protection from over-development.

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Soundwell
Coordinates: 51°28′23″N 2°30′22″W / 51.473°N 2.506°W / 51.473; -2.506 Soundwell is a suburb of Bristol, England in South Gloucestershire. It is situated between Kingswood and Staple Hill.
Located centrally in the parish is St. Stephen's Anglican Church and St. Stephen's CofE primary school with approximately 300 pupils. The original St. Stephen's infants school was closed and demolished several years ago to allow for expansion of Soundwell College. Soundwell College was a college of further education, now merged with the City of Bristol College, which maintains a centre in the locality.
Soundwell was the home of Soundwell F.C.. in the 1940s and 1950s. The current team, Soundwell Victoria, plays in the Bristol and District League. The team play home games at the Star Ground behind Kingswood Leisure Centre, formerly known as Soundwell Swimming Baths before it was developed. The Star Ground was named after the Pub next to the Leisure Centre, although the pub has since been renamed "The Turnpike".

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Stoke Gifford
Coordinates: 51°31′01″N 2°32′53″W / 51.517°N 2.548°W / 51.517; -2.548
Stoke Gifford is a large dormitory village, and parish in South Gloucestershire, England, in the northern suburbs of Bristol. It has around 11,000 residents as of the 2001 Census. It is home to Bristol Parkway station, on the London-South Wales railway line, and the Bristol offices of Friends Life, Hewlett Packard and The University of the West of England. The parish includes neighbouring Little Stoke, Harry Stoke and Stoke Park. The parish borders Filton, to the south-west, Patchway to the north west, Bradley Stoke to the north and Winterbourne and Hambrook to the east,. To the south Stoke Gifford is serviced by the Bristol Ring Road, south of this a large green area known as the 'Green Lung' stretches to the inner city area of St Werburghs.
Following the Norman Invasion of 1066, William the Conqueror gave the manor of Stoke Gifford to Osbern Giffard, one of his generals. ). Giffard himself was a native of Longueville-le-Giffard, Normandy, now known as Longueville-sur-Scie, which is where the 'Gifford' suffix of the name derives from. The 'Stoke' suffix may come from the Stoke Brook, 'Stoke' may also be a reference to the Saxon word 'Stoche' meaning 'property of or dependent farmstead'. Bradley Stoke and Stoke Lodge, both 20th Century estates were also given the name. Extensive histories of Stoke Gifford can be found on Adrian Kerton's web pages and the website of Southern Brooks Archaeology.

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Stoke Lodge
Stoke Lodge is a suburb of Bristol, England, developed in the 50s and early 60s on farmland to the south of Patchway Common, South Gloucestershire and east of the A38 trunk road. Although the busy London to South Wales railway forms the south-western boundary of the estate, the sound of the trains is moderated by the railway tracks being within a cutting. The new town of Bradley Stoke lies immediately to the east, whilst the suburb of Little Stoke is on its southern edge.
Stoke Lodge housing is mostly chalet bungalows, but there is a fairly large bungalow estate in the north. Stoke Lodge takes its name from the old lodge house on Stoke Lane, an access road that runs through the estate. Part of the original walled lodge served for many years as a local dairy.
An interchange on the A38 allows traffic from Cribbs Causeway, Patchway, etc. to cross the trunk road freely and gain access to the estate. There is however no direct road link between Stoke Lodge and Bradley Stoke. Traffic can also enter Stoke Lodge from Little Stoke via Stoke Lane or Station Road.

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Tockington
Coordinates: 51°34′33″N 2°33′54″W / 51.575904°N 2.564923°W / 51.575904; -2.564923
Tockington is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. Historically the village developed around farming based mainly on the rearing of cattle on the fertile flood plains. In more recent times Tockington has become an attractive location for commuters, being situated within the Green Belt and well connected with Bristol. It is south of Olveston and is located in a steep valley. It has a school known as Tockington Manor School, which opened in 1947. It also has the Swan Inn, a popular pub. The centre of the village, where the pub is located is a triangular junction.
Tockington Manor School
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Tormarton
Coordinates: 51°30′25″N 2°20′06″W / 51.507°N 2.335°W / 51.507; -02.335
Tormarton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. Its name may come from Thor Maer Tun meaning The settlement with the thorn (tree) on the boundary.. Another source suggests the name derives from the church tower (Tor) on the border between Wessex and Mercia (Anglo-Saxon Meark). It is one mile North-East of junction 18 of the M4 motorway, with the A46 road and close to the border between Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire. As of 2001 there were 144 households and the population was 348. A National Trail, the Cotswold Way passes through the village. There is a church, a hotel, a pub and also a number of bed and breakfasts in the village. A Highways Agency depot with a salt dome is situated near to the village.

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Tortworth
Coordinates: 51°38′00″N 2°26′00″W / 51.633333°N 2.433333°W / 51.633333; -2.433333
Tortworth is a hamlet, and civil parish, near Thornbury in South Gloucestershire, England. It has a population of 150, and is noted for a huge and ancient chestnut tree, believed to be over 1000 years old. The tree, in St. Leonard's churchyard, looks like a small wood because many branches of the main trunk have taken root.
Boundary records compiled in the reign of John already shown the "Great Chestnut of Tortworth" in South Gloucestershire, as a landmark; and it was also known by the same name in the days of Stephen. This tree measured over 50 feet in circumference at 5 feet from the ground in 1720.
The civil parish contains Leyhill prison, and Tortworth Court, former home of the Earl of Ducie but now a hotel. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the manor is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf.

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Upton Cheyney
Coordinates: 51°25′37″N 2°26′35″W / 51.427°N 2.443°W / 51.427; -2.443 Upton Cheyney is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, near to Bitton, Bristol.
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Wapley
Coordinates: 51°30′47″N 2°24′43″W / 51.513°N 2.412°W / 51.513; -2.412
Wapley is a rural village in South Gloucestershire, England.
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Warmley
Warmley is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, to the east of Kingswood on the outskirts of Bristol.
In the mid 18th century it contained the Warmley Works of William Champion. It is the home of a football team, Warmley F.C., and the brewery Bath Ales.
The Bristol & Bath Railway Path passes through Warmley.
One of its most famous residents is Neil Wilmer, famed for working on the hit television shows Deal or No Deal and Springwatch.^{[citation needed]}
Warmley features a public green space known as Warmley Forest Park, which includes a skate park and a scout hut. Siston Brook flows through Warmley Forest Park, and a fantastic tree swing is positioned over the brook.
The Warmley War Memorial Park sits on the High Street opposite the landmark sign of the bicycle shop which has been plying its trade in the heart of the village since the beginning of the 20th century.
The 21st century has seen a 'ring road' snake around the edge of the village bringing with it its encumbant services and turning the local garage into an ' tesco express' fuel and grocery shop.

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Watley's End
Coordinates: 51°29′52″N 2°31′10″W / 51.4979°N 2.5194°W / 51.4979; -2.5194
Watley's End was a small village or hamlet located in South Gloucestershire, England. It now forms the northern part of Winterbourne. Watley's End Road which runs through the village would have been the main road.
Watley's End lay sandwiched between the much larger villages of Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne, eventually being swallowed by them and becoming part of Winterbourne. The Eastern border lay along the River Frome, from Nightingales Bridge down to the Cloisters. The northern border was considered to be Court Road and Frampton Cotterell. Hooper's Farm (which remaines the only piece of green land between Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne) was considered the western edge. The southern edge of the area started where Park Avenue met North Road and continued east until the Cloisters.
There are two churches in the area: Salem Methodist Church (junction of Salem and Factory roads) and the other was the Ebenezer Methodist Church which was on Watley's End Road adjacent to what is now York Gardens.

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Westerleigh
Coordinates: 51°31′N 2°26′W / 51.51°N 2.43°W / 51.51; -2.43
Westerleigh is a village and parish in South Gloucestershire, England near the edge of the Cotswold hills. The village is located between Yate and Bristol, nearby villages include Nibley, Wapley, Iron Acton, Coalpit Heath and Codrington.
The village is first mentioned in a Saxon document of 887AD. At that time it was probably just a clearing in the woods with possibly a wooden church. Westerleigh is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
In medieval times the village would probably have been a green with the houses and church around it, and prosperous. The northern wall and porch of St James church is from the 13th century, as is the carved stone pulpit. The church was rebuilt in the perpendicular style, with the tower (once used as the village lock up) added at a later date. The 700th anniversary was celebrated in 2004.
By 1600 the village supported a shoemaker, a blacksmith, a sawyer, a flour mill, a malt house and two public houses. In 1617, John Crandall was baptised to James and Eleanor Crandall at St. James the Great church, and became one of the founders of Westerly, Rhode Island, USA.

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Willsbridge
Coordinates: 51°25′48″N 2°28′55″W / 51.430°N 2.482°W / 51.430; -2.482
Willsbridge is a village in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, England, located on the outskirts of Bristol. Willsbridge Castle, situated on a prominent hillside site, was built c1730, with crenellations added in the nineteenth century.
The village contains a nature reserve, Willsbridge Mill, run by the Avon Wildlife Trust and the site of an abandoned watermill on the Siston Brook, which acts as an Education and Countryside Centre. Willsbridge Mill and Valley are leased from South Gloucestershire Council.
The valley contains many habitats. The woodlands have carpets of Common Bluebells, campions and resound with birdsong. The ponds are important homes for frogs, toads and dragonflies, and dippers and kingfishers visit the stream. Foxes and badgers also live in the valley and noctule and Greater Horseshoe Bat feed on the many insects in the valley.

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Yate
Coordinates: 51°32′25″N 2°24′40″W / 51.5402°N 2.410989°W / 51.5402; -2.410989
Yate is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, at the southwest extremity of the Cotswold Hills, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of the city of Bristol. At the 2001 census the population was 21,789. The town of Chipping Sodbury (population 5,066) is contiguous with Yate to the east. Yate developed from a village into a new town in the 1960s, partly as an overspill or commuter town for the city of Bristol.
The town is surrounded by countryside and within reach of the city of Bristol by bicycle, car, bus or train.
Yate is represented in the UK Parliament by the constituency of Thornbury and Yate.
Yate was in Gloucestershire until 1974 when it became part of the newly-formed county of Avon. In 1996, Avon was abolished, and the area became part of the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire. Yate remains part of Gloucestershire only for traditional purposes.
Yate Town Council provides local services.
The first mention of Yate is the existence of a religious house in about AD 770; Yate is also mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is derived from the Old English word giete or gete, meaning ‘a gateway into a forest area’.

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