Eton (Berkshire)
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SU965775 | ||
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| Residents | 4980 | ||
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| Post town | WINDSOR | ||
| prefix | 01753 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South East England | ||
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire | ||
| Unitary authority | Windsor and Maidenhead | ||
| Civil Parish | Eton | ||
| Website: www.etontowncouncil.org.uk | |||
Eton [ ˈiːtən ] is a place in the English county of Berkshire , about 25 km west of London . It is on the Thames across from the town of Windsor . Both cities are connected by a bridge. Until 1974 Eton was part of Buckinghamshire County . Eton has 4980 inhabitants (2001). In the place is the famous Eton College , an exclusive boarding school . Eton College also includes Dorney Lake , where the rowing and canoeing competitions of the 2012 Summer Olympics were held.
history
Eton goes back to a Saxon settlement called Eyton or Eytun (settlement on an island) and was probably founded between the 7th and 10th centuries. Eton is first mentioned in a document in 1086 in connection with Queen Edith, wife of King Edward the Confessor , who had a country house there. Eton is listed as Etonne in the Domesday Book .
Eton was first named town in 1198 and is roughly the same size as Windsor opposite. 1440 received King Henry VI. the papal permission, a college called the College of the Blessed Virgin Mary to build in Eton. In 1801 Eton had 2,036 residents, excluding the students at Eton College.
Buildings (selection)
- the Catholic Churches Our Lady Of Sorrows and Our Lady of Peace
- a bridge house
- Eton College with chapel , school hall and library
- a historic half-timbered house with a torture stake in front of it
- Windsor Bridge
- The Wren Chocolate Theater Cafe
traffic
Public transport
Eton is served by two bus companies that provide connections to / from Heathrow Airport as well as connections with neighboring towns.
railroad
South of the historic - only pedestrian and cyclist - bridge to Windsor is the Windsor and Eton Central railway station (trains to London Paddington; change in Slough) and also the Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station (trains to London Waterloo).
sons and daughters of the town
- Donald Francis Tovey (1875–1940), composer, pianist and musicologist
- John Evelyn Shuckburgh (1877–1953), Governor of Nigeria
- Humphrey Lyttelton (1921–2008), jazz musician and author
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of Or Lady of Sorrows
- ↑ Website of Our Lady of Peace ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
