Dalekgecko
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Yes, there was a village over where the eye of ender led. Also, I made a creative world with the same seed (881933772366581497) and there was still no stronghold. The coordinates in which the eye led me in both the survival and creative versions of the world was 1729, 31, -2526.
I see what you mean now and I tested it on a different world too. The eyes of enders don't do what they used to and take you necessarily inside the stronghold, but they lead either above or below it now usually. The same with the /locate command. It takes you higher or lower than the stronghold, but it is still in that general area.