DESCRIPTION

The south Derbyshire village or Egginton lies 4½ miles north-east of Burton-on-Trent and 7 miles south west of Derby. The village is almost surrounded by water as the Egginton and Hilton Brooks, the River Dove and the River Trent all flow close by. The River Dove which separates Egginton from Staffordshire is spanned by two bridges, the mainly preserved medieval Monk's Bridge and Brindley's twelve arched aqueduct completed around 1773 to carry the Trent and Mersey Canal across the river. These bridges are now separated from the village by the A38 dual carriageway.

Landowners of Egginton have included the families of Chandos & Pole, Leigh, Tymmore, Mosley and Every. Descendants of the latter are still connected with the village. The Georgian Hall, which replaced two previous manors, was itself demolished in 1955.

Since Simon Every of Somerset married the heiress Anne Leigh, the Everys owned most of the village of Egginton, but in 1940, owing to financial problems, the properties were sold and are now virtually all owner-occupied.

The Church of St. Wilfrid, the fabric of which dates mainly from the 13th century, contains a large number of memorials to the Mosley and Every families. There are several interesting features which are explained to visitors through the use of printed notices. The pulpit is of extreme interest as it was made from oak panelling which came from the Tudor Hall which was built in the 15th century and was probably not new then.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

ABBOTT	ADAMS	ADDISON	ALLEN	ALLSOP
ANSTICE	ARCHER	ASHBY	ASHTON	ASTLE
AUDEN	BABINGTON	BAILEY	BAKER	BAKEWELL
BALCHIN	BANSALL	BANTON	BARBER	BARTON
BATES	BATH	BATKIN	BEARDSLEY	BEARDSMORE
BENNETT	BICKLES	BLACKSHAW	BLAND	BLOUNT
BODEN	BOND	BOTHE	BRADBURY	BRAMLEY
BRANCYNGHAM	BRETT	BROADBERRY	BROMLEY	BROOK(E)S
BROTTAN	BROWN	BUGBURY	BULL	BULLOCK
CALLUM	CAPELLANUS	CASLEY	CAUDREY	CHANDOS-POLE
CHATTO	CHAWNER	CLEMSON	CMERSINGTON	COLBOURNE
COLLIER	COSGRAVE	COTTON	COXON	DANIEL
DAVIS	DEAN	DECANUS	DIBLEY	DICKEN
DOBBS	DOWNING	DRAPER	DUNN	DURRANT
EASTON	ELSTON	ETHERLEY	EVANS	EVERY
EYRE	FEARN	FITCHETT	FLOWER	FORDE
FRANCIS	FREEMAN	FREMLIN	FRIER/FRYER	GERRARD
GILLIUER	GODWIN	GOODALL	GOODMAN	GOODWIN
GRAHAM	GREAVES	GREGSON	GRIFFIN	GRUNDY
HALL	HALLEWELL	HANDFORD	HARDWICK	HARFORD
HARRIS	HARRISON	HARTSHORNE	HAYNES	HAYWOOD
HEBTO	HEPWORTH	HERBERT	HEYTHE	HIBBERT
HICKING	HIND	HODGKINSON	HODGSON	HOLBROOK
HOLLAND	HOLLING(S)WORTH	HOLMES	HOOSON	HORESTON
HOROBIN	HOUSE	HUBBARD	HULLAND	HULME
HUNT	JEFFERY	JOHNSON	JONATHON	JONES
JORDAN	KEELEY	KERESZTURY	KERSINGTON	KEY
KIDSON	KING	KIRBY	KIRKHAM	KIRKLAND
KNIGHT	KNOWLES	LAKIN	LAMB	LEDWARD
LEIGH	LENTHORPE	LEWIS	LILLY	LING
LINTON	LLEWELLYN	LOCKER	LONG	LONGMIRE
LOWE	LYDDON	MAKKELEY	MARRIOTT	MASSEY
MELLOR	MITCHELL	MORTON	MOSLEY	MOSS
MOUNTFORD	NEEDHAM	NEWTON	NIGHTINGALE	NOBLE
NOEL	NORTON	ORTON	PACK	PARKER
PARSONS	PENDLETON	PHILLIPS	PINNOCK.	PLUME
POLE	POOLE	POTTER	POWELL	PRESSE
PUGH	PUTTICK	PYM	RADFORD	RAYNER
REED	ROBINSON	ROE	ROLLESTON/ROLSTON	RUTTER
SEDDON	SEWELL	SHIELDS	SHIRLEY	SHORT
SHORTO(U)SE	SIMPKINSON	SMEDLEY	SMETHLEY	SMITH
SMYTHE	SPARE	STABLES	STAFFORD	STEEL
STEWART-BROWN	STONE	STORER	STRAW	STYCHE
SUTTON	TABERER	TALBOT	THOMPSON	THORNWILL
TROWELL	TURGOOSE	TWYFORD	TYMNORE	VERNON
VESSEY	WADE	WAGSTAFF	WAITE	WALKER
WEAVERS	WEBSTER	WHITE	WHITTINGTON	WILCOX/WILLCOCKS
WILKINSON	WOODCOCK	WOODWARD	WORTHINGTON	YATES
YOUNG	ZOOCH

MONUMENTAL MASONS

AULT	BARKER	BARLOW	BASSETT	BENTON
BRUNT	BUCKLEY	CLARKE	COULSON	COX
GARRATT	HARDEN	HODGES	JOHNSON	KERSHAM
KILLER	LAMB	LOWE	MORIN	ORTON
OWEN	PARKER	PARSONS	POWIS	RYLE
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