Eaton; or Eyton and Plowden. A township in the parish of Lydbury, North, and in the Bishopscastle division of the hundred of Purslow. 3 miles south-east by east of Bishopscastle.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824