Ovington

Other current and historical names

Ouituna
Oluituna

Parish/Community: Ovington
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°3'1"N 0°34'35"E
Eastings/Northings: 576770, 242256
OS Grid: TL767422
Mapcode Local: GBR PFT.GKP
Mapcode Global: VHJHK.YQ4G

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

Ovington in historic gazetteers

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

Ovington.-- par., Essex, at boundary with Suffolk, 2 miles SW. of Clare, 716 ac., pop. 132.

Ovington in the Domesday Book

A village in Hinckford hundred, in the county of Essex.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger Bigot
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £4 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 5 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 24 acres
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Wihtgar son of Aelfric
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictwulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Count Gilbert
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £2 5/- in 1086
- Households: 8 smallholders
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 12 pigs

British Place Names

Ovington, Essex

Ovington is a village in Essex

Ovington in historic gazetteers

Ovington in the Domesday Book