EGGINTON, a parish in the hundred of MORLESTON-and-LITCHURCH,
county of DERBY, 4 miles
(N.N.E.) from Burton upon Trent, containing 319 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Derby, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated
hi the king's books at £8. 2. 8., and in the patronage
of Sir C. Eveny, Bart., C. Pole, and Joseph Leigh,
Esqrs., the two former having each two presentations,
and the latter one. The church, dedicated to St. Wilfrid,
is a small ancient building with a low tower. The
rivers Dove and Trent and the Grand Trunk canal pass
through the parish. At the Norman survey Eghintune
was described as having a church, a priest, a mill, and
six farmers. In March, 1644, a battle was fought on
Egginton Heath, in which the royalists were defeated by
the parliamentarians under Sir John Gell.