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EYDON, a parish in Brackley district, Northampton; 5½ miles ENE of Cropredy r. station, and 9 SSW of Daventry. It has a post office under Banbury. Acres, 1, 620. Real property, £3, 759. Pop., 576. Houses, 130. The property is divided among a few. Eydon Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £420.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and has a Norman font. A Wesleyan chapel was founded in 1860; and there are chapels for Quakers and Moravians.
(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: | Eydon Parish Brackley Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Eydon |
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