Alexton or Allexton, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, on the river Eye, 3 miles W by N of Uppingham, and 24 NE from Hallaton station on the G.N.R. Post town and money order office, Uppingham; telegraph office, East Norton station. Acreage, 1027; population, 64. Alexton Hall, now a farmhouse, was formerly a seat of Lord Berners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £135 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone, in the Norman and Early English styles.