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Easton, Suffolk

Historical Description

Easton, a village and a parish in Suffolk, on the river Deben, 2 miles SW from Parham station on the G.E.R., and 2½ NW by N from Wickham-Market. There is a post office under Wickham-Market; money order and telegraph office,. Wickham-Market. Acreage, 1484; population, 418. Easton Park was formerly the seat of the Earls of Rochford and the Wingfields, and is now a seat of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, o£355 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Hamilton. The church has an embattled tower, contains two ancient brasses, and is very good.

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 parishEaston All Saints 
HundredLoes 
Poor Law unionPlomesgate 

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


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Easton from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online:

DistrictSuffolk Coastal
CountySuffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtIP13
Post TownWoodbridge

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