Eaton is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. Eaton is located 2 miles south of Retford, on the A638 road, the former Great North Road. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 105, increasing to 233 at the 2011 census, and 111 in 2021.
History All Saints' Church was completely rebuilt in 1860 in Decorated style.Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England:Nottinghamshire. pp 118. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
1955 Gloster Meteor crash On Friday 1 April 1955, Gloster Meteor 'WL474' crashed at Eaton Corner, 30 yards from the main road, now the A638. The Meteor aircraft was from RAF Gamston and RAF Worksop. Fire engines attended from Tuxford and Retford. The two aircrew were both killed.WL474 Flying Officer Stanley Thomas Jenkins, aged 26, was an instructor, and lived at 61 Sandhurst Avenue in Mansfield, originally from Tamworth, Staffordshire, attended the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, one of three brothers who joined the RAF, one was killed during the war, and the other was a squadron leader. His wife Jean was a nurse at Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital in Mansfield.Retford Times Friday 8 April 1955, page 1Retford Times Friday 15 April 1955, page 1 Pilot Officer Duncan Herbert Moffat, aged 28, of 100 Old Fosse Road in SomersetNottingham Evening Post Friday 1 April 1955, page 9
Education Al Karam Secondary School was located in the village before its closure in 2014. It is now known as Jamia Al-Karam which now occupies the site.
Eaton Hall was a teacher training college from the 1940s until 1981, the Eaton Hall College of Education.Retford Times Thursday 27 September 1990, page 18
See also Listed buildings in Eaton, Nottinghamshire Stoke Rochford Hall
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