Norfolk: Ovington

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

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.