Eaton Socon

Eaton Socon was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1934. The district had its origins in the St Neots Rural Sanitary District. This had been created under the Public Health Acts of 1872 and 1875, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing Boards of Guardians of Poor Law Unions.Under the Local Government Act 1894, Rural Sanitary Districts became Rural Districts from 28 December 1894, and rural sanitary districts which straddled county boundaries were to be split so that separate rural districts were created for the parts in each county. Generally, the Bedfordshire part of the St Neots Rural Sanitary District became the Eaton Socon Rural District, whilst the Huntingdonshire part became the St Neots Rural District. As an exception to this rule, the Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire County Councils agreed that the parish of Swineshead, despite being in Huntingdonshire, would be included in the Eaton Socon Rural District as it was surrounded by Bedfordshire parishes. Similarly, the parish of Tilbrook in Bedfordshire was included in the St Neots Rural District as it formed a long salient sticking out from Bedfordshire into territory almost surrounded by Huntingdonshire. The county boundary was changed two years later to match the boundary which had been agreed for the Rural Districts, with Swineshead becoming part of Bedfordshire and Tilbrook part of Huntingdonshire on 30 September 1896.The link with the Poor Law Union continued, with all the elected councillors of both Eaton Socon and St Neots Rural District Councils being ex officio members of the St Neots Board of Guardians. The Rural District Council generally met at the St Neots Union Workhouse on St Neots Road in Eaton Socon.The rural district comprised a thin strip of land along the north-eastern edge of Bedfordshire, containing the following civil parishes: Eaton Socon Rural District was abolished under a County Review Order being merged into the Bedford Rural District on 1 April 1934. The council's final meeting was held on 29 March 1934 at the offices of the clerk to the council, John Adams Ennals, at New Street in St Neots. He had served as clerk to the council throughout its 39-year existence, whilst the last chairman, William Bailey, had been chairman for 24 years. Most of the area now forms part of the Bedford district in Bedfordshire, apart from part of Eaton Socon parish (including the village itself) which was transferred to become part of the town of St. Neots in 1965.

Eaton Socon Castle was a Norman fortification. It was constructed next to the River Great Ouse in what is now Eaton Socon, Cambridgeshire, England. It was hastily built during a period of civil war over the succession to the throne. It was mostly destroyed after 1154 and was in a ruined state in the thirteenth century, and is now merely a derelict earthwork. It is on private land. Known as "The Hillings", it is a Scheduled Historic Monument with Historic England.

Eaton Ford is an area of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. It is a mainly residential area also containing Riverside Park, a large area of riverside parkland. Much of the housing stock dates from the period of London overspill during the 1960s and subsequently. The former village green is still in place. Eaton Ford lies in the area bounded by the River Great Ouse, Duloe Brook in the south, the A1 road to the west, and the River Kym in the north. The small marshy island in the Great Ouse at the confluence of the Kym is included.Eaton Ford is approximately 81 km (50 mi) north of London. Historically Eaton Ford was in Bedfordshire; it was transferred to Cambridgeshire in 1974.

Duloe Brook is a minor, roughly 9 km (5.59 mi) long river (or brook) in Bedfordshire that is a tributary to the River Great Ouse. The brook rises in the hamlet of Keysoe Row and flows southwards then eastwards towards the village of Staploe and hamlet of Duloe, before flowing into the River Great Ouse at the village of Eaton Ford in St Neots. Its last half kilometre or so denotes the boundary between Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon.

Eaton Socon Football Club is a football club based in St Neots, England. They are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Division One and play at River Road, St Neots.

The Riverside Miniature Railway (RMR) is situated in Riverside Park, in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Founded by Ivan Hewlett, the railway is run on a not-for-profit, community basis.

Ernulf Academy is a secondary school with academy status, located in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. It is one of two St Neots secondary schools that are part of the Astrea Academy Trust, with Longsands Academy being the other.

Duloe is a hamlet in the English county of Bedfordshire. A former spelling of the name may be "Devylho" or "Deuylho", as seen in 1460, in a legal record.Administratively it is part of the civil parish of Staploe that, in turn, forms part of the Borough of Bedford. The nearest town is St Neots two miles to the east over the border into Cambridgeshire.

Eynesbury Rovers Football Club is a football club based in the Eynesbury area of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. The club are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division South, and play at the Alfred Hall Memorial Ground.

St Neots is a town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 18 miles (29 km) west of Cambridge. The areas of Eynesbury, Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon form part of the town. The town centre lies on the eastern bank of the River Great Ouse. The town is close to the A1 road (north-south) and the A421 / A428 roads which link Cambridge to Bedford and Milton Keynes. St Neots railway station is on the Great Northern route between London and Peterborough. St Neots had a population of 33,410 in 2021. The town is named after the ninth century monk Saint Neot, whose bones were brought to St Neots Priory from Cornwall in around 980 AD, resulting in pilgrims visiting in large numbers. Before the founding of the priory the area had been part of the parish of Eynesbury. As the town around the priory grew it became a separate parish of St Neots in the twelfth century. The two were administratively reunited in 1876 when Eynesbury was absorbed into St Neots. The town was historically in the county of Huntingdonshire, and the county boundary with Bedfordshire followed the Great Ouse through the town. In 1965 the Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford areas on the west bank of the river were transferred to St Neots. At the same time Huntingdonshire became part of the short-lived county of Huntingdon and Peterborough, which was abolished in 1974 when the area was absorbed into Cambridgeshire.

St Neots Museum is a local museum located in St Neots, within the Huntingdonshire District of Cambridgeshire, England.The museum is housed in the Old Court, a former police station and law court building on New Street. It presents the history of the market town of St Neots on the River Ouse, from prehistoric times onwards. The museum includes the original 1907 cell block where prisoners were detained, which is now the location for 'Jailbreak', a highly successful Escape Room which opened in April 2018, and is due to start its third season in May 2019.

Eynesbury is an urban area forming part of St Neots, in the civil parish of St Neots, in the Huntingdonshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It mainly consists of housing, although there is an area of light industry, and a large supermarket. Eynesbury is home to Ernulf Academy and a fitness centre called One Leisure. In addition there is a large area of open grassland and a caravan park. In earlier times Eynesbury was a distinct area, but nowadays it is considered to be a subdivision of St Neots. Up until the time of the Norman Conquest, Eynesbury included the area north of Hen Brook which is now St Neots. It was the fame of the relics of the Cornish monk, St Neot that caused the area near the Priory where his remains were kept, that caused that part of the town to become called St Neots.