AVINGTON, a parish in the hundred of KINTBURY-EAGLE,
county of BERKS, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Hungerford,
containing 77 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of
Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £8, and in the
patronage of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. The church exhibits
a curious specimen of Norrrian architecture, having
an arch separating the chancel from the nave, with an
obtuse depending point in the centre: the font, which
is also of Norman design, is adorned with sculptured
figures under arches.