Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ovington

Ovington, township and vil., Ovingham par., Northumberland, on N. bank of river Tyne, 9 miles E. of Hexham, 1183 ac. (27 water), pop. 533; has trade in malting and brewing; Ovington Cottage and Ovington Hall are seats.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ovingham AP/CP       Ovington CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Ovington

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