Eyton, Herefordshire

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52°15′N 2°46′W / 52.25°N 2.77°W / 52.25; -2.77

Eyton ( /ˈeɪtən/ AY-tən) is a village and parish in Herefordshire, England. It is 2 miles (3 km) north west of Leominster and 15 miles (24 km) north of Hereford. The village church is Norman and dedicated to All Saints.[2] The parish had a population of 124 at the time of the 2011 census.[3]

Eyton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Ettone" and was part of the manor of Leominster.[4]

In 1552 the Elizabethan writer and geographer Richard Hakluyt, known for his compilations of documents on contemporary voyages of exploration and for promoting the settlement of North America by the English, was born here.[5]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Genuki.org.uk: Eyton
  3. ^ "Mid-2010 Civil Parish SYOA population estimates for England and Wales" (xls). Office for National Statistics.
  4. ^ "Eyton | Domesday Book". Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. ^ Hakluyt, Richard (1599). Goldsmid, Edmund (ed.). The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation (1885 Fourth ed.). London and Aylesbury: Hazell, Watson & Viney Limited.


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