Eydon

Other current and historical names

Egedone

Built-Up Area: Eydon
Parish/Community: Eydon
District/Borough: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°8'56"N 1°12'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 454162, 250376
OS Grid: SP541503
Mapcode Local: GBR 8TC.6XR
Mapcode Global: VHCVX.Z78X

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

Eydon in historic gazetteers

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

Eydon, par., S. Northamptonshire, 9 miles SW. of Daventry, 1620 ac., pop. 449; P.O.; contains E. Hall.

Eydon in the Domesday Book

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

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh of Gouville (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 acres
- Mills: 1, value 2 shillings

British Place Names

Eydon, Northamptonshire

Eydon is a village in Northamptonshire

Eydon in historic gazetteers

Eydon in the Domesday Book