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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. The population of the Norwich ward of Eaton was 8,781 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Norwich Ward population 2011 )〕 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), a veterinary surgery, Barclays bank, two financial advisors, another estate agents, an undertaker, two hairdressers, a dry cleaner, two pubs ('The Red Lion' and 'The Cellar House'), a Chinese/Thai takeaway and a coffee shop in the former HSBC bank. 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. == Famous people == Ayrton Senna lived in a two bedroom bungalow in Eaton.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-27241760〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eaton, Norfolk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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