Place:Eaton, Norfolk, England

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NameEaton
Alt namesAietonasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 189
Etonasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 189
Ettunasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 189
Ettunesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 189
Eaton St. Andrewsource: episcopal parish preceding the suburb
TypeSuburb
Coordinates52.614°N 1.266°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoNorwich, Norfolk, Englandcity of which it is a suburb
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Eaton St. Andrew from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"EATON-ST. ANDREW, a parish in Norwich [registration] district, Norfolk; within Norwich city. Real property: £8,759. Population: 930. Houses: 191. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £87. Patrons: the Dean and Chapter of Norwich."
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Eaton is a village and a suburb of the city of Norwich, the county town of Norfolk in the east of England.

Eaton lies to the southwest of the city centre on the A11 road, the main route to London and Cambridge. The population of the local government ward of Eaton was 8,781 at the 2011 Census.

St Andrew's Church in Eaton Village is the only thatched church within the City of Norwich, nearby is the more modern meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Research Tips

  • Wikipedia has a "Category:Church of England church buildings in Norwich" leading to descriptions of many of the old churches of the City of Norwich, such as the one above.
  • GENUKI provides a list of references for Eaton.
  • GENUKI also supplies a map illustrating the individual parishes of County of the City of Norwich. :*GENUKI provides a list of references for Norwich. Some entries lead to free online transcriptions of registers and censuses.
  • GENUKI also advises that the following lists for Norfolk are to be found in FamilySearch:
  • Ancestry.co.uk has the following lists as of 2018 (UK or worldwide Ancestry membership or library access required). With the exception of the index to wills these files are browsible images of the original documents. The files are separated by type and broken down into time periods (i.e., "Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812" is more than one file). The general explanatory notes are worth reading for those unfamiliar with English parish records.
  • Index to wills proved in the Consistory Court of Norwich : and now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Norwich
  • Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990
  • Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
  • FindMyPast is another pay site with large collection of parish records. As of October 2018 they had 20 types of Norfolk records available to browse including Land Tax Records and Electoral Registers.


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