Church Eaton

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Church Eaton
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Church Eaton
Church Eaton is located in Staffordshire
Church Eaton
Church Eaton
Location within Staffordshire
Population680 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ847175
Civil parish
  • Church Eaton
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStafford
Postcode districtST20
Dialling code01785
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteChurch Eaton
List of places
UK
England
Staffordshire
52°45′26″N 2°13′18″W / 52.7573°N 2.2217°W / 52.7573; -2.2217Coordinates: 52°45′26″N 2°13′18″W / 52.7573°N 2.2217°W / 52.7573; -2.2217

Church Eaton is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire some 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Stafford, 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Penkridge and 4 miles (6 km) from the county boundary with Shropshire. It is in rolling dairy farming countryside. The hamlet of Wood Eaton is northwest of the village.

Parish church[]

The Church of England parish church of Saint Editha[2] largely dates from the 12th century. It has a square west tower with a spire, a large 7-light east window of fine stained glass by C.E. Kempe depicting scenes from the life of Christ,[3] and "the broken and repaired remains of an elaborate early 12th century font, closely related to the font at Bradley,"[4] and that at Lilleshall, except that the font at Bradley[5] is in much better condition. Nikolaus Pevsner states that these fonts were all made at Gnosall.

Amenities[]

Church Eaton has a public house, The Royal Oak.[6]

There is also a village institute,[7]

Church Eaton also has a cricket club, which is part of the North Staffordshire south Cheshire Cricket Leagues and run a many number of junior & senior teams for all genders.

Church eaton also has a Tennis Club.

The community also has a Church Eaton Activities Diary of public events.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  2. ^ Image of St Editha's, Church Eaton
  3. ^ The East window, St Editha's, Church Eaton
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Staffordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 104, 136. ISBN 0-14-071046-9.
  5. ^ Photograph of the Norman Font in Bradley Church[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Royal Oak Pub". Royal Oak.
  7. ^ "Church Eaton Village Institute". Church Eaton Village Institute.

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