Ovington in the Domesday Book (1086)

The 1086 Domesday survey records the settlement of Ovington, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

• Achebi
• Agglethorpe
• Ainderby [Mires]
• Ainderby [Quernhow]
• Aiskew
• Aldbrough
• Allerthorpe [Hall]
• Ascam
• Ascham
• Asebi
• Aske [Hall]
• Askrigg
• Aysgarth
• Baldersby

The Meaning of the Name

The name Ovington is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Ovington.

Listed Buildings Near Ovington

Historic England records 10 listed buildings within about a mile of Ovington. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II*

• Girlington Hall Farmhouse - 1.06 km

Grade II

• Ovington Edge - 0.41 km
• Ovington Bridge - 0.44 km
• Maypole on Village Green - 0.54 km
• Ovington House - 0.56 km
• Outbuilding and Old Smithy to East of Ovington Hall - 0.63 km
• Walls, Outbuilding and Railings to South of Ovington Hall - 0.63 km
• Ovington Hall and Adjacent Cottage - 0.65 km
• Farmbuilding Range to West of Ovington Hall - 0.68 km
• Cartshed/granary South-west of Ovington Hall - 0.71 km

Ovington Today

Today Ovington lies within the administrative area of County Durham.

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Girlington Hall - 1.4 km SW
• Wycliffe - 2.0 km W
• Hutton Magna - 2.2 km SW
• Thorpe Hall - 3.0 km W
• Caldwell - 3.2 km E
• Barforth Hall - 3.6 km NE