Olveston
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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. The civil
The Mediaeval Gateway of Olveston Court by Samuel Loxton, c. 1890 The gateway and moat may be compared to that at Markenfield Hall in North Yorkshire (Bristol Reference Library)
Denys monumental brass, 1505, Olveston Church, east wall of south transept
Rubbing from Denys monumental brass, 1505, Olveston Church. Maurice Denys (d.1466) to L. Sir Walter Denys (d.1506), his son, to R. The Denys paternal armorials are blazoned at top left: 3 leopard's faces jessant-de-lis overall a bend engrailled
Olveston Court, view of remnant of moat and crenellated wall, situated immediately to the left of the gatehouse as depicted above by Loxton
Maurice Denys (sheriff)
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Maurice Denys, Esquire, of Siston, Gloucestershire, was twice Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1460 and 1461. The Denys family were stated by Sir Robert Atkyns, the 18th-century historian of Gloucestersh
Maurice Denys, detail from Denys monumental brass of 1505 (see below) at Olveston Church, Glos. A non-contemporaneous depiction made 39 years after his death
Leaden baptismal font, late 11th century, St Anne's Church, Siston
Arms of Russell