Covington, Huntingdonshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1932.

COVINGTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1932.

"COVINGTON, the small parish of Covington is located two and a half miles west of Kimbolton. The road from Higham Ferrers to Kimbolton forms the boundary between the parish and Dean in Bedfordshire; the Three Shires Stone is placed on this road where the old county boundaries of Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire meet half a mile west of the village. The parish lies on light clay soil with a sub-soil of clay, and consists of half arable land and half pasture. The ground is undulating rising from the River Till in the south of the parish, where it is about 140 ft. above sea-level, to about 260 ft. north of the village where it falls again to the north.

The village lies a little to the north of the road to Kimbolton on a by-road to Keyston. At the western side is the church of All Saints (which has also, at times, been unofficially dedicated to St Margaret and All Saints, as well as to St. Margaret alone). Covington Hall stands to the east of the village. There are one or two timber-framed and thatched cottages and the Red Cow Inn. To the south of the church is a moat, which probably marks the site of the Bayeux Manor of the 12th century, and there is another to the north of the village where, possibly, the Bovetune family had their dwelling. The rectory lies to the north of the village, and to the south of this is a spring.

Local place names in 1614 include: Bradgate, Leyes, Hassells, Hunts Hills, Cotton Hills, Depslade, the Town Greene, Long Lane, Longeleyes, Farthings, the Great Grove (near the street), and the Severall."