Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EATON

EATON, a township in Leominster parish, Hereford; on an affluent of the Wye, 1 mile SE of Leominster. Real property, £2, 376. Pop., 59. Cardinal de Eaton was a native; and the family of Hackluyt, the collector of Voyages, were residents.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Leominster CP/AP       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Eaton

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