| Name | Eaton |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.853°N 0.818°W |
| Located in | Leicestershire, England |
| See also | Framland Hundred, Leicestershire, England | hundred in which the parish was included | | Melton Mowbray Rural, Leicestershire, England | rural district of which it was part 1894-1935 | | Eastwell, Leicestershire, England | civil parish absorbed into Eaton in 1935 | | Goadby Marwood, Leicestershire, England | civil parish absorbed into Eaton in 1935 | | Melton and Belvoir Rural, Leicestershire, England | rural district of which it was part 1936-1974 | | Melton District, Leicestershire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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NOTE: There is a parish of Eaton in Nottinghamshire, also, as well as 3 more in various counties of England.
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- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Eaton is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England. It is situated in the Vale of Belvoir and its current population is about 900 people. The civil parish includes the former parishes of Eastwell and Goadby Marwood. Both parishes were absorbed into Eaton in 1935.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Eaton, Leicestershire.
Eaton in Leicestershire, England was an ancient or ecclesiastical parish as well as a civil parish. It was located northeast of Melton Mowbray.
Local Administration
The parish was part of Melton Mowbray Rural District from 1894 until 1935 when the rural district was abolished and replaced by the Melton and Belvoir Rural District which covered a larger area. Eastwell joined Eaton at this time. A year after the introduction of the new rural district its parishes were reorganized and reduced in number from 68 to 25.
In 1974 a new nationwide organization of local government was introduced in which rural and urban districts were replaced by "non-metropolitan" districts. In the northeast of Leicestershire this meant little save for the fact that the principal town of Melton Mowbray, formerly a separate urban district, was now governed by the same body (Melton District or Borough) as the rural area that surrounded it.
Research Tips
- The map on the place-page for Melton Mowbray Rural District illustrates the location of the various parishes and the geographical and administrative changes that occurred in 1936.
- From this Findmypast page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
- From this Ancestry page you can browse the Leicestershire parishes which have parish register transcripts online.
- For both of the above sites, a subscription is charged. Transcriptions of these records may also be available free of charge on the FamilySearch website.
- A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Leicestershire.
Categories: Leicestershire, England | Eaton, Leicestershire, England | Framland Hundred, Leicestershire, England | Melton Mowbray Rural, Leicestershire, England | Melton and Belvoir Rural, Leicestershire, England | Melton District, Leicestershire, England |
