Eaton or Eaton under Haywood, Shropshire
Historical Description
Eaton or Eaton-under-Haywood, a parish in Salop, on Stradbroke river, under Wenlock Edge, 1 mile SE of Harton Road station on the G.W.R., and 4¼ miles SE by E of Church Stretton. It contains Hatton, Ticklerton, Upper Millichope, and part of Hungerford, and for ecclesiastical purposes, Eastwall, Lushcott, and part of Longville-in-the-dale. Post town, Church Stretton. Acreage, 4885; population of the civil parish, 391; of the ecclesiastical, 471. Stradbroke river is an affluent of the Onny. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; value, £294. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1868; it contains an ancient stone credence table, aumbry, and font, as well as some ancient monuments.
Church Records
Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Eaton or Eaton under Haywood
Civil Registration
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Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.
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
Villages, Hamlets, &c
TickletonVisitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.