Eaton, Oxfordshire

Eaton
240px The Eight Bells public house
Eaton  Eaton shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP4403
Civil parish	Appleton-with-Eaton
District	Vale of White Horse
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Abingdon
Postcode district	OX13
Dialling code	01865
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Oxford West and Abingdon
Website	Appleton with Eaton Parish
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Eaton is a hamlet about 4.5 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 is traditionally part of Berkshire, and now in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire.

History

Eaton is on a single-track road leading to the River Thames at Bablock Hythe, where there was formerly an important vehicular ferry across the river. The village is built on land belonging to St John's College, Oxford.

St John's College, Oxford had the Manor House built in 1677 as a refuge from the Plague for dons. It is now a farmhouse and what had been five farms have been merged into two: Manor Farm and West Farm.

Amenities and public transport

Eaton has a public house, The Eight Bells, which has a darts team and an Aunt Sally team. A ghost called Libby is reputed to haunt the pub.

Oxfordshire County Council bus route 63 runs between Oxford and Southmoor via Eaton three times per day in each direction, every day except Sundays and Bank Holidays. The current contractor operating the route is RH Buses. OCC bus route 43 runs between Eaton and Abingdon once a week in each direction on Thursdays.