Norfolk: Eaton

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Eaton is about 2 miles S.W. of Norwich.
It is a hamlet of the city, and more information may be found in the Norwich records.

Cemeteries

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Census

See the Norwich Census page.

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Humbleyard, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date.
Until 1857 it had been in the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Churches of St Andrew and Christ Church: Description, pictures, services, etc.
Boileau, Sir John Peter: Notes on some mural paintings lately discovered in Eaton Church.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.6, 1864]
Christchurch: Christchurch, Eaton, 1872-1972, a brief historical survey.
[Eaton, The Church, 1972]
Eaton, Frederic R.: Notes on the parish church (St Andrew) of Eaton, Norwich.
[Norwich, Soman-Wherry Press, 1953]
Hepworth, Philip: Eaton parish and its churches (St Andrew, and Christchurch).
[Norwich, Eaton Parochial Church Council, 1978]

Church Records

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Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Eaton was in Norwich Registration District.

Description and Travel

Brister, Jack: Eaton golf club, the first 85 years.
[Printed by B.D. and H., 1996]
Eaton Rise Residents Association: Eaton Rise.
[Norwich, Eaton Rise Residents Association, 2001]

Directories

1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
(This is the Norwich directory - make a search for "Eaton").

Historical Geography

Eaton is in the County of the City of Norwich.

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for the County of the City of Norwich

History

Rye, Walter: History of the parish of Eaton in the city of Norwich.
[Norwich, Roberts, 1917, Rye's monographs of Norwich hamlets;1)
Tillett, Edward A.: Norwich Scrapbooks: Norwich Hamlets: Vol.1: Eaton, Earlham and Hellesdon.
Newspaper articles, photographs, postcards, extracts from Blomefield, etc.
[In Norwich Local Studies Library, 1900s]

Land and Property

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Maps

Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish.

Military Records

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Eaton became part of the Norwich Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Norwich.

Voting Registers

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