Egginton

Other current and historical names

Eghintune

Built-Up Area: Egginton
Parish/Community: Egginton
District/Borough: South Derbyshire
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°51'3"N 1°36'18"W
Eastings/Northings: 426695, 328245
OS Grid: SK266282
Mapcode Local: GBR 5DB.909
Mapcode Global: WHCG0.9LYM

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

Egginton in historic gazetteers

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

Egginton, par., vil., and ry. junc., on border of co. and 10½ miles SW. of Derby, 2289 ac., pop. 408; P.O.; contains Egginton Hall, seat, adjacent to which is Egginton Heath.

Egginton in the Domesday Book

A village in Litchurch hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Toki son of Auti
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey Alselin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ascelin of Egginton (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 priest; 6 tributaries
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 200 acres
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Egginton, Derbyshire

Egginton is a village in Derbyshire

Egginton in historic gazetteers

Egginton in the Domesday Book