Ivington
Village in Herefordshire, England
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::summary Village in Herefordshire, England ::
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| official_name | Ivington |
| country | England |
| region | West Midlands |
| static_image | Ivington - geograph.org.uk - 3852835.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Ivington village |
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| post_town | LEOMINSTER |
| postcode_area | HR |
| postcode_district | HR6 |
| dial_code | 01568 |
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| shire_county | Herefordshire |
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Ivington () is a village in the county of Herefordshire, England, approximately 13 miles (21 km) north of Hereford. It is about 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Leominster. The population as of the 2011 census was included within Leominster. Ivington has a small church dedicated to St. John, and a Church of England Primary School.
Toponymy
Ivington was recorded as Ivintune in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name deriving from the Old English for "estate associated with a man called Ifa".{{cite book | last = Mills | first = A. D. | author-link = | title = Dictionary of English Place-Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1998 | pages = 198 | url = | isbn =0-19-280074-4 }}
Geography
Surrounding villages include Ivington Green, Stag Batch, Newtown and Brierley. Ivington lies just south of the River Arrow.
Notable people
Statistician Florence Nightingale David was born in Ivington in 1909.{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | title = 1995, University of California: In Memoriam | work = | publisher = University of California | year = 1995 | url = http://texts.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=hb238nb0fs&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00019&toc.depth=1&toc.id= | accessdate =2008-07-11 }} Television presenter and writer Monty Don lives in Ivington.{{cite web | title = TV gardener Monty Don has stroke | publisher = BBC | date = 2008-05-22 | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7415469.stm | access-date =2008-07-11 }}
References
References
- Census, 2001
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