Chevington

Other current and historical names

Ceventuna
Broad Green
Green, Broad

Built-Up Area: Chevington
Parish/Community: Chevington
District/Borough: St. Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'25"N 0°36'44"E
Eastings/Northings: 578598, 259768
OS Grid: TL785597
Mapcode Local: GBR QF7.RLP
Mapcode Global: VHJGT.KSLB

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

Chevington in historic gazetteers

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

Chevington, par., W. Suffolk, 5 miles SW. of Bury St Edmunds, 2429 ac., pop. 556; P.O.

Chevington in the Domesday Book

A village in Thingoe hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictwulf son of Leofmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 13 villagers; 11 smallholders; 1 freeman; 7 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 104 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1086: 22 cattle; 30 pigs; 40 goats; 7 cobs; 3 beehives

British Place Names

Chevington, Suffolk

Chevington is a village in Suffolk

Chevington in historic gazetteers

Chevington in the Domesday Book