Ivington

Infobox UK place
official_name= Ivington
country= England
region= West Midlands
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latitude= 52.2033
longitude= -2.772
post_town= LEOMINSTER
postcode_area= HR
postcode_district= HR6
dial_code= 01568
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Ivington is a village in the county of Herefordshire, England, approximately 21km (13 miles) north of Hereford. It is about 3.1km (2 miles) south west of its post town Leominster.

Toponymy

Ivington was recorded as "Ivintune" in the 1068 Domesday Book, the name deriving from the Old English for "estate associated with a man called Ifa".cite book
last = Mills
first = A. D.
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title = Dictionary of English Place-Names
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 1998
pages = 198
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isbn =0192800744 ]

Geography

The village lies approximately 21km (13 miles) north of Hereford and 3.1km (2 miles) south west of its post town Leominster. Surrounding villages include Ivington Green, Stag Batch, Newtown and Brierley. Ivington lies about 0.5km (0.3 miles) south of the River Arrow.

Notable people

Statistician Florence Nightingale David was born in Ivington in 1909. [cite web
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title = 1995, University of California: In Memoriam
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publisher = University of California
date = 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 = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7415469.stm
accessdate =2008-07-11 ]

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