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The Great North Road at Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire

Eaton Socon Eaton Socon is a village in Bedfordshire, separated by the river and its meadows from St Neots in neighbouring Huntingdonshire. It stands on the western bank of the River Great Ouse, which here forms the county border, and crucially on the Great North Road, to which the village owes its growth in the days of the coaching inns. Because of its location on the River Great Ouse, Eaton Socon was once well served by watermills. Its position on the Great North Road made it a popular place for mail coaches and stage coaches to halt, the inns still lining the road if many have been converted to more practical uses for modern days. (Read more)