Background
Robert William Eyton was born in 1815. He was the son of Reverend John Eyton.
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Career
He lived part of his childhood at Tong, Shropshire and was educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Eyton then went up to Christ Church College, Oxford. Ordained priest in 1839, he went on to become the Rector at Ryton, Shropshire, where he served for 22 years.
Eyton died on 8 September 1881.
Eyton is remembered as author of The Antiquities of Shropshire, researched during his time at Ryton and published, at a rate of about two large volumes annually, from 1854.
