Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EATON

EATON, a township-chapelry in Astbury parish, Cheshire; on the river Dane, 2 miles NNE of Congleton. Acres, 1, 224. Real property, £3, 078. Pop., 485. Houses, 100. Eaton Hall here is the seat of J.Antrobus, Esq.; and was rebuilt in the manner of Crew Hall. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chester. Value, £207. Patron, J.Antrobus, Esq. The church was built in 1857.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Astbury AP/CP       Eaton Tn/CP       Cheshire AncC
Place: Eaton By Congleton

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