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Ovington, Essex

Historical Description

Ovington, a parish in Essex, near the river Stour at the boundary with Suffolk, 2 miles S by W of Clare station on the G.E.R., and 7 E of Haverhill. It appears on record so early as the time of Edward the Confessor, and it includes the quondam parish of Belchamp St Ethelbert. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Clare (R.S.O.) Acreage, 688: population of the civil parish, 123; of the ecclesiastical, 286. Ovington Hall is now a farmhouse. The living is a rectory, united with the rectories of Belchamp St Ethelbert and Tilbury, and with the chapelry of Allbrights,. in the diocese of St Albans; net value, £400 with residence. The church is a small but ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western tower of wood with spire. It was restored in 1888.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyEssex 
HundredHinckford 
Poor Law unionRisbridge 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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DistrictBraintree
CountyEssex
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtCO10
Post TownSudbury

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