In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ovington like this:
OVINGTON, a parish in the district of Risbridge and county of Essex; near the river Stour at the boundary with Essex, 2 miles S by W of Clare, and 2½ N by E of Yeldham r. station. It appears on record so early as the time of Edward the Confessor; and it includes thequondam parish of Belchamp, St. ...
Ethelbert. Post-town, Clare, under Sudbury. Acres, 705. Real property, £1, 122. Pop., 145. Houses, 32. Ovington Hall is now a farm-house. 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 Rochester. Value, £547.* Patron, the Rev.J. Fisher. The church is ancient and small.
Ovington through time
Ovington is now part of Braintree district. Click here for graphs and data of how Braintree has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ovington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ovington, in Braintree and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6851
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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