In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claycoton like this:
CLAY-COTON, a parish in the district of Rugby and county of Northampton; on an affluent of the river Avon, 1 mile S of Stanford Hall r. station, and 7 E by N of Rugby. Post town, Yelvertoft, under Rugby. Acres, 974. Real property, £2, 129. Pop., 112. Houses, 22. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £339.* Patron, the Rev. J. T. H. Smith. The church was reported in 1859 as bad.
Claycoton through time
Claycoton is now part of Daventry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Daventry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Claycoton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Claycoton, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7657
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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