History and Description of
COVINGTON PARISH CHURCH

1. All Saints or St. Margaret's?

Part of a map of Covington from the 1890s - see http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

There's been a lot of debate over the years as to whether this is the church of All Saints or of St. Margaret.

The Victoria County History entry for Covington says:

"The dedication is commonly supposed to be to St. Margaret, but ancient wills conclusively prove it to have been to All Saints".

So there we have it. It's All Saints. Or is it? Who can say that the VCH is correct on this matter? It's still called St. Margaret's in some quarters locally and the name is most certainly St. Margaret's on some old maps (see right).