Eyton, Herefordshire

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Eyton
Herefordshire
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All Saints' Church, Eyton
Location
Grid reference: SO475615
Location: 52°15’0"N, 2°46’12"W
Data
Population: 124  (2011)
Post town: Leominster
Postcode: HR6
Dialling code: 01568
Local Government
Council: Herefordshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Herefordshire

Eyton is a village in Herefordshire, two miles north-west of Leominster and 15 miles north of Hereford.

The village church is Norman and dedicated to All Saints.[1]

The parish had a population of 124 at the time of the 2011 census.[2]

History

Eyton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as 'Ettone' and was part of the manor of Leominster.

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 Englishmen, was born here.[3]

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