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Covington
Also known as: Covington, Swydd Gaergrawnt
Covington — village in Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Covington is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 81 people. Address: PE28. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Cambridgeshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.3281°, -0.4472°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Covington is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Covington lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Huntingdon near to Catworth and close to the county borders with both Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Covington is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Covington (OE:Copp-ing-tun – The High Pasture Enclosures). The civil parish covers an area of 1,294 acres (524 hectares). At the 2011 Census the population of the village was found to be less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Tilbrook.
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Background
History
In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of annual rent that was collected by the lord of the manor both in 1066 and in 1086, together with the taxable value. Covington was listed in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Leightonstone in Huntingdonshire; the name of…
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- Coordinates
- 52.3281, -0.4472
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- Huntingdonshire
- Parish
- Covington
- Postcode
- PE28
- Parliamentary constituency
- Huntingdon
- Population
- 81
Sources
- wikidata: Q2089360 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Covington, Cambridgeshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Covington Church.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Covington?
- Covington is in Cambridgeshire, London, United Kingdom (postcode PE28), in the parish of Covington.
- Is Covington free to visit?
- Yes, Covington is free to enter.
- How do I get to Covington?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PE28. It sits within the Huntingdon parliamentary constituency.