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EYFORD, a parish in Stow-on-the-Wold district, Gloucester; near Bourton-on-the-Water railway, 2½ miles W by S of Stow-on-the-Wold. Post town, Stow-on-the-Wold, under Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Acres, 1, 380. Real property, £1, 341. Pop., 44. Houses, 9. Eyford Hall is the seat of the Dolphins. There is no church. Milton is said to have written part of Paradise Lost in Eyford.
(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: | Eyford Parish Stow on the Wold Poor Law Union/Registration District Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Eyford |
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