Avington

Other current and historical names

Avintune
Itchen Abbas

Parish/Community: Itchen Valley
District/Borough: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°5'4"N 1°14'36"W
Eastings/Northings: 453087, 131961
OS Grid: SU530319
Mapcode Local: GBR 972.Y62
Mapcode Global: FRA 8688.5CD

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Avington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Avington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Avington, par. and seat, N. Hants, 5 miles NE. of Winchester, 1812 ac. (23 water), pop. 204.

Avington in the Domesday Book

A village in Fawley hundred, in the county of Hampshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Winchester St Peter & St Swithun
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Winchester
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 3 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Avington, Hampshire

Avington is a village in Hampshire

Avington in historic gazetteers

Avington in the Domesday Book