Church Eaton is a village and
civil parish
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in
Staffordshire
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some southwest of
Stafford
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, northwest of
Penkridge
Penkridge ( ) is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire, South Staffordshire District in Staffordshire, England. It is to the south of Stafford, north of Wolverhampton, west of Cannock, east of Telford and south-east of Newport, Shro ...
and from the county boundary with
Shropshire
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. It is in rolling
dairy farming
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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.
Parish church
The
Church of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ...
of
Saint Editha 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, and "the broken and repaired remains of an elaborate early 12th century font, closely related to the font at Bradley," and that at
Lilleshall, except that the font at Bradley is in much better condition.
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (195 ...
states that these fonts were all made at
Gnosall.
Amenities
Church Eaton has a
public house
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, The Royal Oak.
There is also a
village institute,
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
Church Eaton Activities Diaryof public events.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Church Eaton
References
External links
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Civil parishes in Staffordshire
Borough of Stafford
Villages in Staffordshire