Eaton Socon green with the war memorial and St Mary s Church.
- Credit: ARCHANT
Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford were originally in Bedfordshire but were transferred to the council district of Huntingdonshire in 1965 and Cambridgeshire in 1974. The area has seen huge growth in recent years in terms of housing, business and amenities.
In fact, the population of Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford have more than doubled between 1931 and 2001 and is now 9,042.
Eaton Socon is mentioned as Eaton in the
Domesday Book when the manor belonged to Eudo Dapifer.
In the 13th Century it became a Soke, which meant it was independent of the Hundred Cout at Barford. In time, Soke became Socon.