Chevington
Chevington may refer to: *Chevington, Suffolk, a village in England * Chevington cheese, a cow's milk cheese * East Chevington, a parish in Northumberland, England *West Chevington, a location in Northumberland, England **Chevington railway station, a former station serving West Chevington See also * Shevington Shevington is a village and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England. The population of the Wigan ward called Shevington and Lower Ground had increased to 11,482 at the 2011 Census. Lying within the historic county boun ...

Chevington, Suffolk
Chevington is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in East Anglia, England. Located around 10 km south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 630, reducing to 602 at the 2011 Census. The parish also contains the hamlets of Broad Green and Tan Office Green. Name The name Chevington is from Old English ''Ceofan-tūn'', meaning the farm of a man named ''Ceofa'' (genitive case ''Ceofan''). It appeared in Domesday Book as ''Ceuentuna''; 200 years later it was typically ''Chevintun'' or ''Cheveton'' and from 1535 the modern spelling Chevington is recorded. The etymology proves that the ''-ing-'' syllable is not original, but is by analogy with similar names. History Chevington was a part of the Saxon estate of Britulf, but was given over to the Abbey of St Edmund after the Norman Conquest. The Abbey in Bury had been founded by the Benedictines in 1020 to shelter the remains of St Edmund and became one of the largest in England. 108 ...
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