Eaton, west Cheshire
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Eaton is a former civil parish, now in the parishes of Eaton and Eccleston and Poulton and Pulford, within the borough of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It had a population of 51 in 2001.
It is most notable for containing Eaton Hall, home of the Duke of Westminster.
Eaton was formerly a township in the parish of Eccleston, in 1866 Eaton became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 2015 the parish was merged with the adjacent parish Eccleston to form a new combined parish, "Eaton and Eccleston"; because of minor boundary changes, a small part also went to Poulton and Pulford.