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  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  OVINGTON	Manor	FORCETT AP/Ch/CP (Parish-level Unit)

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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  ALRESFORD, or New Alresford	Hampshire	Ovington, Itchen-Stoke, Bighton, Swarraton, Northington, Brown-Candover, and Chilton Candover, and the extra-parochial tract of Godsfield. Acres, 16,619. Pop., 3,674. Houses	Imperial
  FORCETT	Yorkshire	Ovington; the last of which has a post office under Darlington. Acres, 5, 815. Real property, £8, 516. Pop., 777. Houses	Imperial
  OVINGHAM	Yorkshire	OVINGHAM , N. R. Yorkshire. See Overton and Ovington.	Imperial
  OVINGHAM	Northumberland	Ovington, Eltringham, Mickley, Prndhoe, Prndhoe-Castle, Dukers-Hagg, Hedley, Hedley-Woodside, Harlow-Hill, and Rouchester, the two last in Castle	Imperial
  Ovington	Hampshire	Ovington , par. and vil., Hants - par., 1300 ac., pop. 116; vil., on river Itchin, 2 miles SW. of Alresford; P.O.; near	Bartholomew
  Ovington	Northumberland	Hexham, 1183 ac. (27 water), pop. 533; has trade in malting and brewing; Ovington Cottage and Ovington Hall are seats.	Bartholomew
  Ovington	Yorkshire	Ovington , township, Gilling near Richmond par., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Tees, 5 miles SE. of Barnard Castle, 520 ac., pop. 150.	Bartholomew
  Ovington	Norfolk	Ovington , par. and vil., Norfolk, 1½ mile NE. of Watton, 1497 ac., pop. 277.	Bartholomew
  Ovington	Essex	Ovington .-- par., Essex, at boundary with Suffolk, 2 miles SW. of Clare, 716 ac., pop. 132.	Bartholomew
  OVINGTON	Essex	OVINGTON , a parish in the district of Risbridge and county of Essex; near the river Stour at the boundary with	Imperial
  OVINGTON	Norfolk	OVINGTON , a parish, with a village, in Wayland district, Norfolk; near the river Wissey and the Roman road to Caistor	Imperial
  OVINGTON	Northumberland	Ovington Hall and Ovington Cottage are chief residences. Malting and brewing are largely carried on. There are a Wesleyan chapel	Imperial
  OVINGTON	Hampshire	OVINGTON , a village and a parish in Alresford district, Hants. The village stands on the river Itchin, 2 miles W S W of Alresford	Imperial
  OVINGTON, or Ovingham	Yorkshire	OVINGTON , or Ovingham, a township in Forcett parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, at the boundary with Durham	Imperial
  QUEEN'S County	Laoighis	Ovington, of whom the first only has retained its possessions; that of Barring ton, still extant, has alienated its property	Lewis:Ireland
  RISBRIDGE	Suffolk	Ovington, the three last electorally in Essex; and the sub-district of Haverhill, containing the parishes of Barnardiston, Little Wratting	Imperial
  TILBURY-JUXTA-CLARE	Essex	Houses, 62. The manor belongs to the Earl of Mornington. The living is a rectory, annexed to Ovington-The church is old.	Imperial

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