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EYTON, a parish in Leominster district, Hereford; on the river Lug, near the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, 2 miles NW of Leominster. Post town, Leominster, Acres, 964. Real property, £1, 855. Pop., 155. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. Eyton Hall is an elegant mansion. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £98. Patrons, the Governors of Lucton school. The church is Norman, and was recently restored.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Eyton Parish Leominster Poor Law Union/Registration District Herefordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Eyton |
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