Place:Eaton (near Tarporley), Cheshire, England

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Name	Eaton (near Tarporley)
Alt names	Cotebrook	source: hamlet in parish
	Eaton
Type	Township, Civil parish
Coordinates	53.159°N 2.67°W
Located in	Cheshire, England ( - 1936)
See also	Tarporley, Cheshire, England	ancient parish in which it was located
	Eddisbury Hundred, Cheshire, England	hundred in which it was situated

NOTE: There were four civil parishes named Eaton in Cheshire. The others are Eaton (near Chester), Eaton (near Congleton) and Eaton (near Northwich) (also known as Eaton (near Davenham) and abolished in 1936.

All placenames should be given in full to avoid confusion.

The following information was found in GENUKI

Eaton (near Tarporley) was a township in Tarporley ancient parish, in Eddisbury Hundred, which became a civil parish in 1866. It included part of the hamlet of Cotebrook. The population was 460 in 1801, 522 in 1851, and 394 in 1901.

In 1936 it was abolished and divided between Rushton (1202 acres, pop. 277 in 1931), Tarporley (36 acres, pop. 18 in 1931) and Utkinton (106 acres, pop. 58 in 1931).

The local churches are St. Thomas (Church of England) built in 1896 as a chapel to St. Helen in Tarporley, and Eaton Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), built in 1840.

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