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EGGINTON, a village and a parish in the district of Burton-upon-Trent, and county of Derby. The village stands on the verge of the county, near Icknield-street and the river Dove, adjacent to the Grand Trunk canal and to the Birmingham and Derby railway, 4 miles NNE of Burton-upon-Trent; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Burton -upon - Trent. It was known at Domesday as Eghintune. The parish comprises 2, 289 acres. Real property, £5, 107; of which £20 are in fisheries. Pop., 355. Houses, 76. The property is divided among a few. Egginton Hall is the seat of Sir H. Every, Bart. The parish was the scene of a defeat of the Royalists, in 1644, by Sir J. Gell. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Valne, £453.* Patrons, Sir H. Every, Bart,Pole, Esq., and J. Leigh, Esq. The church is old but good; and there are chari ties £112.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Egginton CP/AP Derbyshire AncC |
Place names: | EGGINTON | EGHINTUNE |
Place: | Egginton |
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