Eaton is a small village and former

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in the

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district, in the ceremonial county of

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, England, about two miles from the town of

Tarporley Tarporley is a large village and civil parish in Cheshire, England. The civil parish also contains the village of Rhuddall Heath. Tarporley is bypassed by the A49 and A51 roads. At the 2011 census, the population was 2,614. History Tarporl ...

. It is now in the parish of Rushton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 353. The village contains the Jessie Hughes Village Hall, Eaton Primary School and the church of St Thomas.

Governance

Eaton was formerly a

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in the parish of Tarporley, in 1866 Eaton became a civil parish, on 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Rushton,

Utkinton 200px, Map of civil parish of Utkinton within the former borough of Vale Royal Utkinton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parishes of Utkinton and Cotebrook, in the unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester and the ce ...

and Tarporley.

Jessie Hughes Village Hall

The original Jessie Hughes Village Hall was opened on 26 September 1926. The main instigator in building the hall was Mrs Jessie Hughes, the wife of the Rector of Tarporley. At the time she was the president of the Women's Institute and played a pivotal role in raising money for the village hall to be built. She died in 1928, but her work is still remembered through an inscribed stone reading "This stone was laid by Jessie L Hughes 1926". The building fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in 2008. The replacement building retained the name Jessie Hughes Village Hall following a local ballot, and was joint winner of the Cheshire Pride Community Project Award in 2008.

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Villages in Cheshire Former civil parishes in Cheshire Cheshire West and Chester {{Cheshire-geo-stub

Governance

Jessie Hughes Village Hall

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