Eaton InSpired: restoring St Denys and understanding the heritage of Eaton
Eaton InSpired aims to restore our beautiful church of St Denys' through a major restoration of the stone work to the South East corner, the tower and spire all of which is suffering due to erosion of the soft ironstone from which it's built. This restoration work should remove the church from the heritage At Risk register and enable it to continue as a hub for the community of Eaton. To support this further the restoration will be followed by the installation of an accessible toilet and baby changing facilities. We are also undertaking a program of heritage activity exploring the history of Eaton and especially the way in which ironstone has shaped the village over time.
Our natural heritage is also benefiting through the installation of a bank of swift nest boxes in the tower as part of the restoration work, wild areas in the churchyard and exploring how we might take further environmental action as a community.
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Eaton InSpired is is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to start the restoration work, with scaffolding going upon November, and to start our heritage research. Research is building on work from the previous Village History Group and we will be adding to this website over time. If you have old photos, memories or records please get in touch!
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Church Restoration
What's happening?
The observant amongst you will have noticed the scaffolding has gone up round the church tower. This will allow the stonemason to map out exactly which stones need replacing and start cutting the stones.
At a lower level work will start in January on the stonework in the South East corner, replacing individual stones and stabilising the whole corner.
Meanwhile we are still raising funds towards our £395,000 target and we've still another £55,000 to raise.
What's new on the website
Maps!
A range of maps from 1632 to 1959 including the beautiful map from 1770 showing land owned by Charles Morley, and the detailed OS map showing the position of White City
Events
Researching your house's history
Date is to be confirmed but we are hoping to run this as a workshop in late February 2026...watch this space!
Get involved
If you'd like to get involved please get in touch. We need volunteers for heritage research, wildlife work and event support.