Hide

Norfolk: Ovington

hide
Hide

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

[Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

OVINGTON, 1½ mile N.E. of Watton, has in its parish 268 inhabitants, and 1497 acres of land, formerly belonging to the Knights Templar, of Carkrooke [sic]. The University of Cambridge owns part of the parish, and the manors of Ovington and Bozomes; and Mrs. Harvey, of Watton, has the manor of Woodhouse. Part of the soil belongs to several smaller owners.

The Church (St. John the Evangelist) has a fine Norman door, and a square tower. The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £7. 3s. 6½d., has a yearly rent of £415, awarded in 1843 in lieu of tithes. It is in the gift of Cambridge University, and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Simons, M.A.

The Fuel Allotment, 22A. 1R. 33P., awarded in 1801, is let, with four cottages and a barn, for £46. 15s. per annum.

In this and the adjoining parish of Saham Toney, are traces of a Roman encampment.

           Bennett   Wm.            corn miller
           Berry     Wm.            vict., Cock Inn
           Hillyar   Rev Geo. Wm.   curate
           Rose      Wm.            corn miller
           Simons    Rev Edw. M.A.  rectory
           Stubbings James          vict. Crown
           Thompson  Eliz.          schoolmistress
 
                             FARMERS.
                         (* are owners.)
 
           Bone      Hunnock        Richardson John
           Cullum    Undy           Taylor     Robert
         * Denny     George,      * Thompson   James
                       wright     * Thurston   Jerh.
           Hunter    John         * Whiting    D.E.D.
           Maidwell  Robert         Wright     Wm.
 

See also the Ovington parish page.

These pages are for personal use only. They may not be copied, and the links within them may not be harvested for use on your own web pages. Please see the Copyright Notice.

Copyright © Pat Newby.
March 2006