In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Long Eaton like this:
EATON (Long), a township-chapelry in Sawley parish, Derby; at the verge of the county, on the Erewash river and canal, and on the Erewash Valley railway, 8 miles SW by W of Nottingham. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham. Real property, £6, 827; of which £100 are in gas-works. ...
Pop. in 1851, 933; in 1861, 1, 551. Houses, 336. The increase of population arose from the erection of steam factories, and the facilities of railway communication. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is old; and there are three dissenting chapels.
Long Eaton through time
Long Eaton is now part of Erewash district. Click here for graphs and data of how Erewash has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Long Eaton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Long Eaton, in Erewash and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/107
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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