Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EGGINTON

EGGINTON, a chapelry in Leighton-Buzzard parish, Beds; 1¾ mile SW of Hockcliffe, and 3 E of Leighton-Buzzard r. station. Post town, Hockcliffe, under Leighton - Buzzard. Real property, £2, 553. Pop., 439. Houses, 86. Egginton House is the seat of the Moores. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £9. 4. Patrons, the Parishioners. The church is a brick building.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Leighton Buzzard Parish       Bedfordshire Ancient County
Place: Eggington

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