In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eyton like this:
EYTON, a parish in Leominster district, Hereford; on the river Lug, near the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, 2 miles NW of Leominster. Post town, Leominster, Acres, 964. Real property, £1, 855. Pop., 155. Houses, 29. The property is divided among a few. Eyton Hall is an elegant mansion. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £98. Patrons, the Governors of Lucton school. The church is Norman, and was recently restored.
Eyton through time
Eyton is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eyton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eyton in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3351
Date accessed: 12th May 2024
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