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.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Easton All Saints | |
Hundred | Loes | |
Poor Law union | Plomesgate |
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:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Easton (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Easton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online: