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"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." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]

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Cemeteries

Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
Ovington (St John the Evangelist) Monumental Inscriptions.
Includes Burial Registers 1813-2000.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, c2000]

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Census

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Church Directories

  • In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Breckles, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
    It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
  • The parish church is dedicated to St John the Evangelist.
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Church Records

Marriages
These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
Burials 1813-2000
See Cemeteries above.

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Ovington was in Wayland Registration District.

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Description & Travel

Ovington (this is a link to an archived copy)
Description, map, history, pictures, etc.

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

Ovington is in Wayland Hundred.

Parish outline and location.
See Parish Map for Wayland Hundred
Description of Wayland Hundred
1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF925024 (Lat/Lon: 52.585268, 0.839337), Ovington which are provided by:

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Poor Houses, Poor Law