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Belton, Suffolk

Historical Description

Belton, a village and a parish in Suffolk, on the G.E.R. and river Waveney, 4¼ miles SW by W of Yarmouth. The parish has a station on the railway, and includes the hamlet of Browston. Post town, Yarmouth; telegraph office, Gorleston. Acreage, 2057; population, 752. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is old but good, and has a round tower, which was rebuilt in 1849. The main building was restored in 1881. There is also a small Primitive Methodist chapel and a public institute and reading room.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySuffolk 
Ecclesiastical parishBelton All Saints 
HundredMutford and Lothingland 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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