Euston, Suffolk

Historical Description

Euston, a village and a parish in Suffolk, at the verge of the county, on the eastern bank of the Thet, near its junction with the Ouse, 3 miles SE from Thetford station on the G.E.R. The parish includes the hamlet of Little Fakenham, and it has a post and telegraph office under Thetford; money order office, Thetford. Acreage, 4160; population of the civil parish, 219; of the ecclesiastical, with Little Fakenham and Barnham, 673. The manor belonged to the Eustons; passed to the Pattishalls and to Benet, Earl of Arlington; went, by marriage, to the first Duke of Grafton; and gives to the Dukes of Grafton the title of Earl. Euston Hall is a seat of the Duke of Grafton, is constructed of red brick, and stands amid charming scenery in a park of 1262 acres. A banqueting house, called the Temple, crowns an eminence in the park, was erected by Kent, and is in the Grecian style. The living is a rectory, united with the rectories of Bamham and Little Fakenham, in the diocese of Ely; joint net value, £349 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Grafton. The church, which stands in the park, is a building in the Italian style. It has some fine stained windows, a beautifully decorated interior, and it contains some interesting monuments and memorials of the Grafton family, Euston, Station, the principal terminusof the L. &N.W.R., is situated on the north side of Euston Square, London, near Euston Road and Tottenham Court Road. The entrance hall contains a colossal statue of Geo. Stephenson by Baily. The Euston Hotel stands just outside the station gates.

Administration

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

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 Euston from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Euston (St. Genevieve))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Euston 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:

• The Ipswich Journal
• East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News
• Bury and Norwich Post
• Bury Free Press