Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GROTON

GROTON, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; 4½ miles W of Hadleigh r. station, and 6 E of Sudbury Post town, Boxford, under Colchester. Acres, 1, 517. Real property, £3, 540. Pop., 554. House, 123. The manor belonged to the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds; and passed, at the dissolution, to the Winthorpes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £449. Patrons, J. W. Willett, Esq., and others. The church is ancient.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Groton AP/CP       Cosford RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Groton

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