Eaton Constantine, Shropshire
Historical Description
Eaton-Constantine, a village and a parish in Salop, 1½ mile N of Cressage station on the Severn Valley branch of the G.W.R., and 5 miles N by W of Much Wenlock. There is a post office under Ironbridge (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Leighton. Acreage, 945; population,, 240. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; gross value, £142 with residence. Patron, Lord Baruard. The church was rebuilt in 1841.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Salop | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Eaton-Constantine St. Mary | |
Hundred | South Bradford | |
Poor Law union | Atcham | |
Registration district | Atcham | 1837 - 1934 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Register of the Parish of Eaton Constantine, in the County of Salop, 1684-1812 is available on CD-ROM.
Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Eaton Constantine
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Eaton Constantine from 1837 to 1934 you should search for the Atcham Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Eaton Constantine from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Eaton-Constantine (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Eaton Constantine are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Shropshire newspapers online:
- Shrewsbury Chronicle
- Wellington Journal
- Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales
- Ludlow Advertiser
- Salopian Journal
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.