Ecton

Other current and historical names

Echentone

Built-Up Area: Ecton
Parish/Community: Ecton
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°15'51"N 0°47'19"W
Eastings/Northings: 482764, 263593
OS Grid: SP827635
Mapcode Local: GBR CXJ.5D4
Mapcode Global: VHDS1.8CX1

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ecton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ecton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ecton.-- par., in co. and 6 miles NW. of Northampton, 1790 ac., pop. 618; P.O.; contains Ecton Hall.

Ecton in the Domesday Book

A village in Hamfordshoe hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bondi the constable
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Montgomery (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 17 smallholders; 12 freemen; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 32 acres
- Mills: 2, value 14 shillings

British Place Names

Ecton, Northamptonshire

Ecton is a village in Northamptonshire

Ecton in historic gazetteers

Ecton in the Domesday Book