[3] Specialists note the oldest mentions for Eastoft (Lincolnshire and West Riding of Yorkshire) Eschetoft around 1170, Esketoft around 1200 and Esktoft 13th century and suggest an Old Scandinavian origin, with the name formed from eski "ash tree" and toft (< Old Norse topt) "a homestead, the site of a house and its out-buildings", sometimes toft may also signify "a settlement site and its accompanying land".

[7] The difficulty to articulate the group /skt/ and the attraction of the common word East- explain the final evolution Eastoft.

[11] Parts of the original course are marked on modern maps, one to the south-west and the other to the north-east of the village,[12] and their orientation points to the presence of several large meanders in the vicinity.

After that, some improvements to the drainage of the area were made, including a new sewer, which crossed the Pauper's Drain, and was designed to remove water from Eastoft, Crowle and Luddington.

The station was by the main road over 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north of the village,[16] and the first sod was cut on 22 September 1898 by William Halkon of Eastoft Hall, the chairman of the directors, on land which was part of Boltgate Farm and belonged to Mr. Bramhill.

[18] The final train carrying passengers was chartered by North Axholme Secondary School and ran on 1 April 1965, four days before closure.

The opening of the crossing gates over the A161 road at Eastoft was featured in television coverage of the event.

The Anglican parish church, which is dedicated to St Bartholomew, and was built in 1855 to the designs of J. Pearson, Esq., is a Grade II listed structure.

The church is situated on the Yorkshire side of the village and was consecrated by Thomas Musgrave, Archbishop of York, on 13 November 1855.

The village has a Methodist church, which was built in 1869, and occupies a site which was once the bed of the River Don.

[26] To the south of the village stands a Church of England Primary School, which was opened by Mrs. R. H. Coulman on 28 November 1961.

It was dedicated by Leslie Stannard Hunter, the Bishop of Sheffield, and is situated very close to the site of the original school, which was built in 1847, largely as a result of the efforts of the Vicar of Adlingfleet, Rev.