Key facts
- Population
- 4,692 ( 2011 Census )
- Os grid reference
- SU965775
- Civil parish
- Eton
- Unitary authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Ceremonial county
- Berkshire
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- WINDSOR
- Postcode district
- SL4
- Dialling code
- 01753
- Police
- Thames Valley
- Fire
- Royal Berkshire
- Ambulance
- South Central
- Uk parliament
- Windsor
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Eton (/ˈiːtən/ EE-tən) is a town in Berkshire, England. It is located on the River Thames opposite the town of Windsor, to which it is connected by Windsor Bridge. The civil parish of Eton, which also includes the village of Eton Wick two miles west of the town, had a population of 4,692 at the 2011 census. The town is best known as the location of Eton College. Eton was historically within Buckinghamshire, being moved to Berkshire in 1974.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.