ECTON, a parish in the hundred of HAMFORDSHOE,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 5 miles (S. W. byW.) from
Wellingborough, containing 566 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and
diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£21. 8. 1. The Rev. T. Whalley was patron in 1803.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. Here
is a small free school.