Nettington / Eaton / Gnatingdon / Gnatyngdon / Nettinghetuna

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "Near to the town of Sedgeford, there was a village, or hamlet at the Conquest, called Nettington, and afterwards Gnatyngdon. At the survey it was the lordship of Godwin Halden, who being a freeman, held it in King Edward's reign, under Guert, and after under Ralph, and now of the King [...] Godwin Halden, by his name, seems to be an Old English Saxon, or Dane, and how he came to be in such favour, and to merit so much from the Conqueror, is not known; it is however worthy of our remark, and notice, that if he was an English Saxon, &c. he is the only one I have yet found in Norfolk, that was allowed to keep his land at the Conquest, and hold it at the survey." [NB: Armstrong (1781) corrects this by stating: "Edwin the Dane who came into England with king Canute, and married the heircls of Thoke, lord of Sherbourne, was allowed to keep his lands: the Conqueror had indeed given them to earl Warren, but ordered them on the appeal of Edwin to be reftored to him" -- the early ed. of Blomefield pre-dates Armstrong;s book]. Kelly's directory of 1875 (p. 437) notes: "There was anciently a hamlet called Gnatyngdon, or Nettington, now called Eaton, and consisting of three farms."