Ovington, Hampshire
Historical Description
Ovington, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands on the river Itchin, 2 miles WSW of Alresford station on the L. & S.W.R., and has a post office under Alresford ½ money order and telegraph office, Alresford. Acreage of parish, 1300; population, 114. Ovington Park is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £85 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt in 1866 on a site adjoining the old one, and is in the Decorated style.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Hampshire | |
Hundred | Fawley | |
Poor Law union | Alresford |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ovington from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Ovington are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hampshire newspapers online:
- Portsmouth Evening News
- Hampshire Telegraph
- Hampshire Advertiser
- Hampshire Chronicle
- Aldershot Military Gazette
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.