Evington
Encyclopedia
Evington is an electoral ward
and administrative division of the city of Leicester
, England
. It used to be a small village centred around Main Street and the Anglican
church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s. Today, the ward comprises the historical village of Evington, as well as the modern ex-council estates
of Rowlatts Hill and Goodwood.
. The first known spelling Evington was of Walter de Evington 1259 who leased a carucate
of land at the village of Evington - about 100 acre (0.404686 km²). The parish of Evington was originally quite large and included the areas now known as North Evington and Evington Valley
. These were annexed by the borough of Leicester in 1892, and are not generally considered part of Evington.
In 1935, the boundaries of Leicester (by this point a city), were expanded again, including nearly all of the remaining parish of Evington, except for a small part which went to Oadby
. The modern ward does include the large 1950s development based at Downing Drive and Spencefield Lane.
Evington village has been a conservation area
since 1989.
city of Leicester
. It is occupied mostly by council-owned housing
.
The suburb is roughly bordered by Spencefield Lane to the east and Whitehall Road to the south, which separates it from neighbouring Evington
). A second boundary within the estate exists and consists of Coleman Road to Ambassador Road through to Green Lane Road, Rowlatts Hill borders Crown Hills to the west. To the north, at the bottom of Rowlatts Hill is Humberstone Park which is located within Green Lane Road, Ambassador Road and also leads on to Uppingham Road (the A47
), which is also Rowlatts Hill.
There is a sub-area within Rowlatts Hill, known as Goodwood, and is located towards the south-east of the area.
church of St Denys has been the parish
church for almost 800 years, having been dedicated on 9 October 1219 by the Bishop of Lincoln. It is a Grade II* listed building. The tower and spire are original: the South and North Aisles date from the 14th century, and the Chancel from the 19th century. Its rare ring of 4 bells was augmented to six following an appeal in the late 1980s. The interior includes 3 stained glass windows from 1870.
Chapel on the corner of Main Street and High Street, by Evington Village Green. It is an 1837 Gothic
style with slate roof, being a Grade II listed building.
The Evington Echo is the community newspaper. It is produced by volunteers and is delivered free of charge to 5,800 houses in the area. It was first published in 1981 and the current (2009) editor is Helen Pettman.
Nearby places, Goodwood, Evington Valley
, Oadby
, Thurnby
, Stoughton
.
Schools in the area - Primary Schools : Linden school, Whitehall School, Oaklands (Special School), Leicester Grammar School
.
Secondary Schools - City of Leicester College
, St Pauls
, Judgemeadow community college.
Evington Hall is a Grade II listed building (built about 1840) which in the past was a convent school, then part of Leicester Junior Grammar School, but is now planned to be a Hindu
faith school
opening in September 2011.
It is home to the Leicestershire Golf Club, on the south of the village, and west of the arboretum.
The Leicester General hospital is located near Goodwood
on Coleman Road which is south of Uppingham Road (the A47
).
Services 10, 11, 22, 40, 54A, 81 and 747, Coachmaster
Service 36 and First Leicester Services 22, 38/38A and 54.
. Both Emile Heskey and Gary Lineker
(Winner of the Golden Boot) attended the City of Leicester College
in Evington, as did former Labour media advisor Alistair Campbell
and Nicholas Shepherd (Co-founder of the internet). Heskey and Shepherd were both pupils at Linden Primary school in Evington. What is now the Cedars public house and restaurant on the corner of Main Street and School Lane was formerly the home of novelist E. Phillips Oppenheim
.
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
and administrative division of the city of Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It used to be a small village centred around Main Street and the Anglican
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s. Today, the ward comprises the historical village of Evington, as well as the modern ex-council estates
Council house
A council house, otherwise known as a local authority house, is a form of public or social housing. The term is used primarily in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Council houses were built and operated by local councils to supply uncrowded, well-built homes on secure tenancies at...
of Rowlatts Hill and Goodwood.
Evington village
The name Evington comes from the Anglo-Saxon name Aefa's Tun. After the Norman conquest the land was given to Hugh de GrentesmesnilHugh de Grandmesnil
Hugh de Grandmesnil , also known as Hugh or Hugo de Grentmesnil or Grentemesnil, is one of the very few proven Companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Subsequently he became a great landowner in England.He was the elder son of Robert of...
. The first known spelling Evington was of Walter de Evington 1259 who leased a carucate
Carucate
The carucate or ploughland was a unit of assessment for tax used in most Danelaw counties of England, and is found for example in Domesday Book. The carucate was based on the area a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season...
of land at the village of Evington - about 100 acre (0.404686 km²). The parish of Evington was originally quite large and included the areas now known as North Evington and Evington Valley
Evington Valley
Evington Valley is an area in Leicester, England. It is roughly bounded by East Park Road to the west , Chesterfield/Ethel Road to the north , Wakerly Road to the east and to the south borders Stoneygate....
. These were annexed by the borough of Leicester in 1892, and are not generally considered part of Evington.
In 1935, the boundaries of Leicester (by this point a city), were expanded again, including nearly all of the remaining parish of Evington, except for a small part which went to Oadby
Oadby
Oadby is a town within the borough of Oadby and Wigston, in Leicestershire, England. It is to the east of Wigston Magna, and to the southeast of Leicester. Oadby forms part of the Leicester Urban Area, and is situated on the A6 road....
. The modern ward does include the large 1950s development based at Downing Drive and Spencefield Lane.
Evington village has been a conservation area
Conservation area
A conservation areas is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded...
since 1989.
Rowlatts Hill & Goodwood
Rowlatts Hill (also known as Rowlatts Hill Estate) is an eastern, residential suburb of the EnglishEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
city of Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
. It is occupied mostly by council-owned housing
Council house
A council house, otherwise known as a local authority house, is a form of public or social housing. The term is used primarily in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Council houses were built and operated by local councils to supply uncrowded, well-built homes on secure tenancies at...
.
The suburb is roughly bordered by Spencefield Lane to the east and Whitehall Road to the south, which separates it from neighbouring Evington
Evington
Evington is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred around Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s...
). A second boundary within the estate exists and consists of Coleman Road to Ambassador Road through to Green Lane Road, Rowlatts Hill borders Crown Hills to the west. To the north, at the bottom of Rowlatts Hill is Humberstone Park which is located within Green Lane Road, Ambassador Road and also leads on to Uppingham Road (the A47
A47 road
The A47 is a trunk road in England originally linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth. Most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton is now classified as the B4114.-Route:...
), which is also Rowlatts Hill.
There is a sub-area within Rowlatts Hill, known as Goodwood, and is located towards the south-east of the area.
Features
Village Green
Evington Village Green is a triangle of land bounded on the North by Main Street, on the Southwest by High Street and on the East by Church Street. The village war memorial is located on the northeast corner. On the West corner is a Baptist Chapel and a building called the Manse. It is largely open space for recreation, with a large old oak tree in the south-east corner. It also features a newly refurbished kids playground, funded by the Friends of Evington Village Green. There are benches for people to sit on and relax, and it is the site of the Evington Village Fete and Show, held annually.Evington Park
Evington park is some 44 acre (0.17806184 km²) of public parkland, opened in 1948, formerly the estate of Evington House (built 1836) which is used as offices and some public amenities. It contains many mature trees, including a Mulberry dating from about the same time as the house. There are public exercise machines as well as tennis courts, football and cricket pitches and bowling greens.Arboretum
This was established as a public amenity in 1970 and consists of an area south of St Denys Church, bounded on the west by a golf course, with more than 500 trees largely planted in taxonimic groups. In the northmost area, many individual trees are planted by arrangement with the council as memorials to people who have died.The Hollow
This is Scheduled monument (SM17026), often known as 'Piggy's Hollow', consisting of the remains of the moats of a manor house built in the late 13th century by John de Grey. It is on the north side of the Arboretum and adjacent to St Denys Church on the west.St Denys Church
The Church of EnglandChurch of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
church of St Denys has been the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
church for almost 800 years, having been dedicated on 9 October 1219 by the Bishop of Lincoln. It is a Grade II* listed building. The tower and spire are original: the South and North Aisles date from the 14th century, and the Chancel from the 19th century. Its rare ring of 4 bells was augmented to six following an appeal in the late 1980s. The interior includes 3 stained glass windows from 1870.
Evington Chapel
This is a BaptistBaptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Chapel on the corner of Main Street and High Street, by Evington Village Green. It is an 1837 Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
style with slate roof, being a Grade II listed building.
Amenities
Evington has two main shopping centres: the first largely based in a modern development near the old village and including the local library, and the second towards the northern end of Downing Drive. Public houses include the Cedars in the old village and the Dove in Downing Drive. The Village Hall is a brick building on Church Lane, opposite St Denys: its foundation stone calls it King George V Hall and is dated MDCDXII (1912).The Evington Echo is the community newspaper. It is produced by volunteers and is delivered free of charge to 5,800 houses in the area. It was first published in 1981 and the current (2009) editor is Helen Pettman.
Nearby places, Goodwood, Evington Valley
Evington Valley
Evington Valley is an area in Leicester, England. It is roughly bounded by East Park Road to the west , Chesterfield/Ethel Road to the north , Wakerly Road to the east and to the south borders Stoneygate....
, Oadby
Oadby
Oadby is a town within the borough of Oadby and Wigston, in Leicestershire, England. It is to the east of Wigston Magna, and to the southeast of Leicester. Oadby forms part of the Leicester Urban Area, and is situated on the A6 road....
, Thurnby
Thurnby
Thurnby is a village just east of Leicester's city boundaries, in the Harborough district.Thurnby village proper is set to the south of the A47, just after it leaves the city. A sister village, Bushby lies just to the East and merges into it such that the two have made one civil parish, Thurnby...
, Stoughton
Stoughton
Stoughton is the name of some places:in the United States of America:*Stoughton, Massachusetts**Stoughton *Stoughton, Wisconsin*Stoughton Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MassachusettsIn England:*Stoughton, Leicestershire*Stoughton, Surrey...
.
Schools in the area - Primary Schools : Linden school, Whitehall School, Oaklands (Special School), Leicester Grammar School
Leicester Grammar School
Leicester Grammar School , is an independent secondary school situated in Great Glen, Leicestershire, England. It was founded in 1981, after the loss of the city's state-funded grammar schools....
.
Secondary Schools - City of Leicester College
City of Leicester College
The City of Leicester College is situated on , Evington, Leicester. It is a mixed secondary school for ages 11–18. It has around 1400 pupils...
, St Pauls
St Paul's Catholic Comprehensive School and Performing Arts College
St Paul's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School and Performing Arts College, known locally as St Paul's School, is a voluntary-aided Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form in Evington, Leicester, teaching years 7-13.-Admissions:...
, Judgemeadow community college.
Evington Hall is a Grade II listed building (built about 1840) which in the past was a convent school, then part of Leicester Junior Grammar School, but is now planned to be a Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
faith school
Faith school
A faith school is a British school teaching a general curriculum but with a particular religious character or has formal links with a religious organisation. It is distinct from an institution mainly or wholly teaching religion and related subjects...
opening in September 2011.
It is home to the Leicestershire Golf Club, on the south of the village, and west of the arboretum.
The Leicester General hospital is located near Goodwood
Goodwood
- Events :* Goodwood Festival of Speed, a motorsport event in the United Kingdom* Glorious Goodwood, a horseracing event in the United Kingdom* Goodwood Revival, a historical motorsport event in the United Kingdom- Places and structures:in Australia...
on Coleman Road which is south of Uppingham Road (the A47
A47 road
The A47 is a trunk road in England originally linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth. Most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton is now classified as the B4114.-Route:...
).
Council Election Result, 2007
Transport
Evington is served Arriva Leicester services 53/53A, 56/56A, CentrebusCentrebus
Centrebus is a privately owned company that operate a number of services around Leicester and Leicestershire, Grantham, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, mainly in areas where Arriva has scaled down its bus operations. Centrebus also competes with Arriva on some routes in Leicester, Luton and Stevenage...
Services 10, 11, 22, 40, 54A, 81 and 747, Coachmaster
Coachmaster (bus company)
Coachmaster are an independent operator who operate a mixture of commercial and tendered bus services in Leicester.-Fleet:Coachmaster have around 20 buses for their bus operations and 7 Coaches for private hire.The fleet consists of;* 7 Plaxton Beaver 2...
Service 36 and First Leicester Services 22, 38/38A and 54.
Notable People
Evington was the home of England Football international Emile HeskeyEmile Heskey
Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa as a striker.Born in Leicester, Heskey started his career with hometown club Leicester City after progressing through their youth system, making his first team debut in 1995...
. Both Emile Heskey and Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker
Gary Winston Lineker, OBE , is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live...
(Winner of the Golden Boot) attended the City of Leicester College
City of Leicester College
The City of Leicester College is situated on , Evington, Leicester. It is a mixed secondary school for ages 11–18. It has around 1400 pupils...
in Evington, as did former Labour media advisor Alistair Campbell
Alistair Campbell
Alistair, Alastair or Alister Campbell, may refer to:* Alistair Campbell , Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford* Alistair Campbell , New Zealander...
and Nicholas Shepherd (Co-founder of the internet). Heskey and Shepherd were both pupils at Linden Primary school in Evington. What is now the Cedars public house and restaurant on the corner of Main Street and School Lane was formerly the home of novelist E. Phillips Oppenheim
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Edward Phillips Oppenheim , was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.-Life:...
.
Further reading
- British History Online Evington