Eaton, Oxfordshire
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| Eaton | |
|---|---|
 The Eight Bells public house | |
  Eaton Location within Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP4403 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Abingdon |
| Postcode district | OX13 |
| Dialling code | 01865 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Appleton with Eaton Parish |
Eaton is a hamlet about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) west of Oxford and about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Abingdon. Eaton is in the civil parish of Appleton-with-Eaton, which was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Eaton is on a single-track road leading to the River Thames at Bablock Hythe, where there was an important vehicular ferry across the river. The village is built on land belonging to St John's College, Oxford.[citation needed] St John's College, Oxford had the Manor House built in 1677 as a refuge from the Plague for dons.[1] It is now a farmhouse and what had been five farms have been merged into two: Manor Farm and West Farm.[1]
