Ovingdean

Other current and historical names

Hovingedene
Hoingesdene

Built-Up Area: Saltdean
Parish/Community: Brighton and Hove, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Lewes
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°49'8"N 0°4'28"W
Eastings/Northings: 535735, 103927
OS Grid: TQ357039
Mapcode Local: GBR KQK.D11
Mapcode Global: FRA B6QX.YLT

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

Ovingdean in historic gazetteers

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

Ovingdean, par., Sussex, 4½ miles SE. of Brighton, 1630 ac., pop. 136; contains Ovingdean House, seat.

Ovingdean in the Domesday Book

A village in Welesmere hundred, in the county of Sussex.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alnoth the noble of Kent; Edeva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Godfrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £7 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Azur of Slindon
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictmer son of Queneva
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Brictmer son of Queneva (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough

British Place Names

Ovingdean, Lewes

Ovingdean is a village in Saltdean, Lewes

Ovingdean in historic gazetteers

Ovingdean in the Domesday Book