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.
The civil parish also contains Marston to the south and since 1934 has included the hamlet of Apeton to the north.[2][3]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Saint Editha[4] 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,[5] and "the broken and repaired remains of an elaborate early 12th century font, closely related to the font at Bradley,"[6] and that at Lilleshall, except that the font at Bradley[7] 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.[8]
There is also a village institute,[9]
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
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Church Eaton". Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Staffordshire Places: Church Eaton". Staffordshire Past Track. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Image of St Editha's, Church Eaton
- ^ The East window, St Editha's, Church Eaton
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Staffordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 104, 136. ISBN 0-14-071046-9.
- ^ Photograph of the Norman Font in Bradley Church[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Royal Oak Pub". Royal Oak.
- ^ "Church Eaton Village Institute". Church Eaton Village Institute.
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