Eaton

Other current and historical names

Eltune
Ed

Parish/Community: Appleton-with-Eaton
District/Borough: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°43'33"N 1°21'10"W
Eastings/Northings: 444785, 203243
OS Grid: SP447032
Mapcode Local: GBR 7XW.LRX
Mapcode Global: VHCXS.HWK4

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.-- hamlet, Appleton par., Berks, on river Thames, 5 miles NW. of Abingdon.

Eaton in the Domesday Book

A village in Marcham hundred, in the county of Berkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Healfdene of Hanslope
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Richard son of Rainfrid (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Other resources: 1 fishery
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Besi of Calverton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Miles Crispin
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred nephew of Wigot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 6 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Other resources: 2 fisheries

British Place Names

Eaton, Oxfordshire

Eaton is a village in Oxfordshire

Eaton in historic gazetteers

Eaton in the Domesday Book