Eaton

Other current and historical names

Ettone
Etune
Etunae
Aettune

Parish/Community: Eaton
District/Borough: Bassetlaw
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°17'39"N 0°56'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 471058, 378009
OS Grid: SK710780
Mapcode Local: GBR PZXB.8S
Mapcode Global: WHFGG.LGSC

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Eaton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Eaton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Eaton, par., N. Notts, on river Idle, 2 miles SE. of East Retford. 1540 ac., pop. 127.

Eaton in the Domesday Book

A village in Bassetlaw hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of St Peter York
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of York
- Taxable Value: 5 ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Households: 18 villagers; 20 smallholders; 38 freemen
- Plough Teams: 25 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures
- Woodland: 2 ¹⁄₂ leagues
- Mills: 2, value £1 10/-
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, ten
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Fulco of Lisors (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ⁷⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 9 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 7 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Mills: 2, value £1

British Place Names

Eaton, Nottinghamshire

Eaton is a village in Nottinghamshire

Eaton in historic gazetteers

Eaton in the Domesday Book