| 词条 | Aveley |
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|static_image_name = Timeless (St Michael's Aveley) - geograph.org.uk - 36157.jpg |static_image_caption = St Michael's, Aveley |country = England |official_name= Aveley |coordinates = {{coord|51.50177|0.25339|display=inline,title}} |unitary_england= Thurrock |lieutenancy_england=Essex |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= Thurrock |post_town= SOUTH OCKENDON |postcode_district= RM15 |postcode_area=RM |dial_code= 01708 |os_grid_reference= TQ565805 |population= 8,381 }} Aveley is a small town within the Thurrock unitary authority in Essex, England, and forms one of its traditional Church of England parishes. It is a suburb of London located 16.3 miles (26.2 km) east of Charing Cross in London and within the eastern bounds of the M25 motorway. PositionAveley is roughly bounded to the north and west by the London Borough of Havering, to the south by the A13 road and to the east by the M25 motorway. The nearest places are Purfleet, South Ockendon, Wennington and West Thurrock. Prehistory and historyAveley has given its name to the Aveley Interglacial period around 200,000 years ago. Important evidence of the local flora and fauna of the period and some signs of occupation by Neanderthal humans have been found there.[1] In Domesday the names has various spellings – Alvithelea, Alvileia and Alvilea.[2] The name means Aelfgyth's wood clearing.[3] A variation, in 1418, is Alvythele.[4] After the Second World War the population grew rapidly as the area absorbed London overspill. Well known people
Historic buildingsSt Michael's ChurchThe parish church of St Michael is a Grade 1 listed building dating from the 12th century.[7] It contains a 14th-century memorial brass to Radulphus de Knevynton, which is echoed in the arms of the Thurrock unitary authority. The church was declared unsafe in the 19th century, with the recommendation that it should be pulled down. However, this was averted by its parishioners, who raised £1,000 to save it.[7] Other listed buildingsGrade 2*[8]
Grade 2[8]
DemographicsAccording to Thurrock Council, the ward of Aveley and Uplands had a population of 8,381 people in 2001. SportAveley is the home of two non-League football clubs; Aveley, which plays at Parkside, and Thurrock, which plays at Ship Lane. Belhus golf course is located in Aveley near the site of the former Belhus Mansion. Much of the remaining land from Belhus forms the Belhus Woods Country Park. CommunicationsThe nearest railway stations are:
Notes1. ^Nick Ashton: Early Humans, New Naturalist series (London: HarperCollins, 2017), pp. 168–70. 2. ^Christopher Harrold (Editor), Exploring Thurrock (Thurrock Local History Society, 2008) 3. ^James Kemble, Essex Place-Names (Historical Publications, 2007) 4. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives: CP 40/629; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0489.htm; first entry 5. ^Thurrock Local History Society 6. ^{{cite book|title=Essex and Suger|page=51|first=Frank|last=Lewis|publisher=Philimore|year=1976}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thurrock-history.org.uk/michael.htm|title=St Michael's, Aveley|publisher=}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/planning/strategic/pdf/udp_appendices.pdf |title=Appendix 7 to Thurrock Development Plan |publisher= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215406/http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/planning/strategic/pdf/udp_appendices.pdf |archivedate=13 May 2012 }} 9. ^{{cite book|last1=Brandwood|first1=Geoff|title=Britain's best real heritage pubs|date=2013|publisher=CAMRA|location=St. Albans|isbn=9781852493042|page=39}} External links{{Commons category|Aveley}}
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