Melville and Co.'s Directory and Gazetteer of Norwich, Yarmouth, Dereham, Swaffham, Wymondham, Fakenham, Thetford, Attleborough, Aylsham, Diss, Reepham, Foulsham, Hingham, &c.; Ipswich, Bury St. Edmund's, Woodbridge, Lowestoft, Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Eye, Stowmarket, Needham Market, &c. [1856]

by F. R. Melville & Co.

EATON.

A small village and parish in the county of Norwich, from which city and station it is distant 2 miles south-west. The dean and chapter of Norwich are lords of the manor, which contains about 1,300 acres of land. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The population in 1851 was 785. Rev. George Day, incumbent.

Ewing, John William, nurseryman, seedsman, and limeburner

Fish, Miles, boot and shoemaker, Cellar House

George, Thomas William, licensed brewer

Jeffries, John, butcher

Newson, Henry, grocer and tea-dealer

Nixon, Robert, the Lamb

Starrad, James, Red Lion

Thirkettle, William, blacksmith

Webb, William, grocer, post office