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EGGINTON, Derbyshire

"EGGINTON, (or Eggington) a parish in the hundred of Morleston, county Derby, 4 miles N.E. of Burton-on-Trent, its post town. It is situated near the old Roman highway Icknield Street, and within a short distance of the Willington station, on the W. branch of the Midland Counties railway. In Domesday Book it is written Eghintune, and is there described as having a church, a priest, a mill, and six farmers. The rivers Dove and Trent and the Grand Trunk canal pass through the parish."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Cemeteries

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St Wilfrid, Egginton published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1997.
  Full details of inscriptions are available from DARG by postal application. See their How to Contact details for how to get in touch with them.

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Egginton & St Wilfrid's Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1997, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Egginton by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Egginton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Maps

• Egginton 1849 Tithe Map and Index by Occupier, provided by Paul Jones. Added 23 Nov 2006.

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