Chevington, Suffolk
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| Chevington | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church Chevington | |
  Chevington Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 630 (2001)[1] 602 (2011)[2] |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bury St. Edmunds |
| Postcode district | IP29 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
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,[1] reducing to 602 at the 2011 Census. The parish also contains the hamlets of Broad Green and Tan Office Green.
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.[3][4][5]
Historical writings
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as:
CHEVINGTON, a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 2¾ miles S of Saxham r. station, and 5 SW by W of Bury St. Edmunds. It has a post office under Bury St. Edmunds. Acres, 2,429. Real property, £3,889. Population, 621. Houses, 126. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £396. Patron, the Rev. J. White. The church is ancient. There is an endowed school, and charities £22.
In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Chevington in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description:
Chevington, parish, W. Suffolk, 5 miles SW. of (Bury St Edmunds, 2429 acres, population 556; P.O.[6]
Demography
In the 2001 census, Chevington had a population of 603 with 248 households.[7]
Population change
| Population growth in Chevington from 1801 to 1891 | ||||||||||
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| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | ||
| Population | 445 | 490 | 590 | 573 | 624 | 600 | 556 | 545 | ||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[8] | ||||||||||
| Population growth in Chevington from 1901 to 2001 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 | |||
| Population | 457 | 471 | 466 | 417 | 358 | 373 | 603 | |||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[8] | ||||||||||
