Avington

Other current and historical names

Avintone

Parish/Community: Kintbury
Unitary Authority: West Berkshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°24'38"N 1°28'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 437027, 168110
OS Grid: SU370681
Mapcode Local: GBR 708.FFR
Mapcode Global: VHC1T.HS7V

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., SW. Berks, on river Kennet, 2½ miles E. of Hungerford, 1185 ac., pop. 109.

Avington in the Domesday Book

A village in Kintbury hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Gunnar of Avington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard Poynant
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard Poynant
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 7 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 10 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Avington, West Berkshire

Avington is a village in West Berkshire

Avington in historic gazetteers

Avington in the Domesday Book