Evington

Other current and historical names

Avintone

Built-Up Area: Leicester
Parish/Community: Leicester, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Leicester
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 52°37'21"N 1°4'47"W
Eastings/Northings: 462379, 303145
OS Grid: SK623031
Mapcode Local: GBR FVP.FS
Mapcode Global: WHFKP.CBZW

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

Evington in historic gazetteers

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

Evington, par., in co. and 3 miles SE. of Leicester, 1360 ac., pop. 450; contains Evington Hall.

Evington in the Domesday Book

A village in Gartree hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ivo of Grandmesnil (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 2 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 5 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings
2nd Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert of Bucy
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ lord's plough; 1 men's plough

British Place Names

Evington, Leicester

Evington is a suburban area in Leicester, Leicester

Evington in historic gazetteers

Evington in the Domesday Book