as flats, and in the 1980s the building was completely upgraded internally, and the entire building was made into flats. Housing expansion In the period following 1960 Eaton Ford expanded quickly under the London overspill programme and subsequent housing development. Prior to this scheme, the housing stock in Eaton Ford was largely confined to ribbon development along St Neots Road and Mill Hill Road. The new housing infilled practically the whole of Eaton Ford, leaving only the Riverside Park and the golf course undeveloped. Crosshall schools The Crosshall Infant and Junior Schools were opened in 1974 to respond to population growth. Public houses and shops The Eaton Oak is a hotel and restaurant near Crosshall crossroads; it is a listed building. The Barley Mow is on Crosshall Road near the St Neots Road roundabout. There is a cafe and restaurant, the Ambience, in the Riverside Park, and Eaton Plaice fish and chip shop in St Neots Road. There is a Co-op at the junction of Duloe Road and Great North Road, and a One Stop convenience store in St Neots Road. Transfer from Bedfordshire In common with Eaton Socon, Eaton Ford had historically been part of Bedfordshire. In the 1960s they were transferred to Huntingdonshire, to join St Neots, of which they had become a part for practical purposes. In 1974 Huntingdonshire was abolished as a County, and Eaton Ford was in Cambridgeshire. Golf club St Neots Golf Club had existed from before 1900, but in 1912 it moved to its present site alongside Crosshall Road. Road improvements Until the 1960s, the road network in Eaton Ford consisted of the Great North Road, the spur of St Neots Road leading from the roundabout to the river bridge, Crosshall Road, and Mill Hill Road. The Great North Road was a busy and important route, but it was a single carriageway. Crosshall Road was part of the A45 trunk road, leading from Kimbolton to St Neots town centre and on to Cambridge. When the present A1 road was built, forming a by-pass on the western side, the Great North Road served as the route into St Neots from Wyboston, and the section north of the roundabout carried local traffic only. When St Neots by-pass opened, the A45 traffic used the A1 to the Wyboston roundabout and then the by-pass, so that the whole Eaton Ford road network was now of local significance