Eaton Parish (AP/CP) through time

Eaton Parish (AP/CP)

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.

Alternative names

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name	Status	Language	Authority
EATON	Preferred	English	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 362.
EATON ST ANDREW	Alternate	English	1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'.
NORWICH EATON ST ANDREW	Alternate	English	1861 Census of England and Wales, Table 1, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1851 and 1861, in Districts, Sub-districts, Parishes and Places'.

Formal status

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status	Abbreviation	Start	End	Authority
Ancient Parish	AP			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.
Civil Parish	CP		1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

Lower level units

This unit contained the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
EATON	Manor			The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register

Higher level units

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	End	Authority
NORFOLK	Ancient County		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 362.
NORWICH Inc/RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	1889	1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MANCROFT	Registration sub-District		1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'.
NORWICH USD	Sanitary District		F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 657.
NORWICH AD_City/Borough	Ancient District	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.
NORWICH MB/CB	Local Government District	1889	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 654.

Boundaries and changes

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Eaton Parish (AP/CP) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10015522

Date accessed: 08th April 2026