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"EATON HASTINGS, a parish in the hundred of Shrivenham, county Berks, 3 miles N.W. of Faringdon. Lechlade is its post town. The river Isis passes through the parish. The village is small, and the land chiefly in pasture and wood. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Oxford, value £378, in the patronage of the Rev. R. Rice. The church is a small ancient edifice dedicated to St. Michael. The register commences in 1500."
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland(1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003.
Other descriptions can be found from other periods in various trade directories covering Berkshire from the early 19th century onwards from Berkshire FHS (members only) and from A Vision of Britain Through Time.
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In addition to those listed on the Berkshire home page, see the Research Wiki from Family Search (the Church of Latter-day Saints (Genealogical Society of Utah))
Further information about some of the churches can be found below:
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Eaton Hastings to another place.
- Eaton Hastings was in the hundred of Shrivenham
- Search the Berkshire FHS library and shop and the BRO for their holdings
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SU260975 (Lat/Lon: 51.675671, -1.625391), Eaton Hastings which are provided by:
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- Bing (was Multimap)
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Eaton Hastings was in the Faringdon Union. For more information, see Poorhouses.