Covington

Other current and historical names

Covintune

Parish/Community: Covington
District/Borough: Huntingdonshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'29"N 0°27'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 505640, 270773
OS Grid: TL056707
Mapcode Local: GBR FZW.6Q2
Mapcode Global: VHFP9.4T7L

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

Covington in historic gazetteers

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

Covington, par., W. border of Huntingdonshire, 3½ miles NW. of Kimbolton, 1290 ac., pop. 149; P.O.

Covington in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Huntingdonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Eskil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Ivry
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated); Roger of Ivry
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £10 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers
- Plough Teams: 5 lord's ploughs; 8 men's ploughs (13 plough lands)
- Meadow: 48 acres

British Place Names

Covington, Cambridgeshire

Covington is a village in Cambridgeshire

Covington in historic gazetteers

Covington in the Domesday Book