 In Anglo-Saxon times the place was known as Sudbury but became known as Eaton Ford as it was next to the village (and free land, soke) of Eatun (now Eaton Socon) and hosted a great ford across the river, a main route from the south to the town of St Neots and nearby parts of its county.In recent decades Eaton Ford expanded quickly (after other parts of St Neots under the London overspill programme).From the 1960s until the 1980s four neighbourhoods/estates have been built