Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk - Parish Church (St Andrews) - art postcard, c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Eaton Parish Church [in Norwich, Norfolk] [St. Andrew's] - art postcard (can't quite read signature)
• Publisher: none stated (either the church or a local artist) c.1970s
• Postally used: no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
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The population of the Norwich ward of Eaton was 8,781 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

The traditional-style painted wooden village sign, at the main road junction, shows an elephant and a barrel (representing E + tun). Tun=barrel.

Shops and services at Eaton Village in 2010 comprised a post office, a Waitrose supermarket (containing a Boots pharmacy, Laura Ashley, and an estate agent), Barclays bank, two financial advisors, another estate agents, an undertaker, two hairdressers, a dry cleaner, two pubs ('The Red Lion' and 'The Cellar House'), an Indian takeaway, Fish and chip shop,the former HSBC bank is currently vacant. A smaller parade of shops off Norvic Drive comprises a hairdresser, a bike shop, a fitted kitchen supplier and a general store.

St Andrew's Church in Eaton Village is the only thatched church within the City of Norwich, nearby is the more modern meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Much of the area is relatively affluent, containing a large proportion of detached houses and many professional and retired residents. It is popular with employees at the nearby University of East Anglia. Along with neighbouring Cringleford it is often stereotyped as rich or snobbish by Norwich comedy duo The Nimmo Twins.

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Eaton is a village and a suburb of the city of Norwich, the county town of Norfolk in the East of England.

Eaton lies to the southwest of the city centre on the A11 road, the main route to London/Cambridge. It comprises:

Eaton Village (around and immediately east of the junction of Bluebell Road, Church Lane and Newmarket Road) Eaton Rise - between the A140 Ipswich Road and Eaton golf club the area west of Eaton Park.