Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of Ecton, in the County of Northampton, (England) The Collections relative to the former and present state of this ancient village were made during a residence there, merely for my own information and amusement, without the most distant idea of sub mitting them to public perusal; circumstances, how ever, have since transpired which have induced me to prepare them for the press; and it is hoped that the work may be the means of preserving a few facts, which may prove interesting, at least to its inhabitants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.