Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELKINGTON

ELKINGTON, a parish in the district of Rugby and county of Northampton; on the Union canal, 1¾ mile SE by E of Stanford Hall r. station, and 2 SW of Welford. Post town, Yelvertoft, under Rugby. Acres, 1, 720. Real property, £2, 682. Pop., 60. Houses, 10. The church belonged to Daventry priory, but was long ago demolished; and the inhabitants resort to neighbouring churches.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Elkington CP/AP/ExP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Elkington

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