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EATON, a parish in Church-Stretton district, Salop; on Eaton Brook, under Wenlock Edge, 4½ miles SE by E of Church Stretton town and r. station. It contains Hatton, Hungerford, Ticklerton, Lushcott-Longville, and Upper Millichope; and its post town is Rushbury, under Church-Stretton. Acres, 6, 201. Real property, £4, 967. Pop., 544. Houses, 93. The property is subdivided. Eaton Brook is an affluent of the Onny. Some stone is quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £350.* Patron, H. Sandford, Esq. The church is ancient.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Eaton under Haywood AP/CP Church Stretton RegD/PLU Shropshire AncC |
Place: | Eaton under Haywood |
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