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ALUVINTONE, ELVINTON. ELLYNGTON,or ELVIGTON Its name has changed many times since it was settled. The Domesday Book lists The Manor of Aluvintone


 
This site is has just some of the fascinating history of the village.
 
It has been documented that there were sites around this area from pre-historis times right through until the present day. To us the village has seemed to be a very little fish in a big pond, but when researching the material for this site, it seems that this is untrue.
 
The village has beed recorded in the Domesday book of 1086, when it had a church and 2 fisheries yielding a 1000 eels per annum.
 
We know of at least 3 recorded churches on this site and there is a vague reference to a fourth.  The Manor has passed through many families either by descent or marriage. The Sternes once held it, descended from the Archbishop of York. Thomas Wolsey bought the Manor at Kexby, until he was proclaimed a traitor, and all of estates were forfeited, Henry VIIIs wife Jane Seymour's sister married the into the Oughtreds at Kexby Old Hall; it would be quite an interesting thought, that the monarchy then, may have passed through or even stayed in the village.
 
Thanks to the release of the census returns I have been able to try and piece together the village in the 19th century, and the history of the people that lived then.
 
Hope you enjoy the site
 
 
 
 
 
 

I would like to thank every one that has helped me with the site the list is quite long, but would like to mention Mrs I Collingwood for most of the photographs of Elvington and Mrs Semlyen for alll of her time and trust.
Most of my sources have been listed on the contacts page as well as those that are descendants of past residents of the village

I you would like to contact me concerning anything  about the village or in general please email me at
kaljam19@yahoo.co.uk

  

old maps

east riding archives

elvington churchyard click to download image