Whitton cum ThurIeston, Suffolk
Historical Description
Whitton-cum-ThurIeston, a parish in Suffolk, 1½ mile E of Bramford station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Ipswich; money order and telegraph office, Bramford. Acreage, 1478; population, 680. For parish council purposes that portion of Whitton within the borough of Ipswich is formed into a ward of that borough, and that portion outside the borough has a parish meeting. Thurleston Lodge, Sparrowe's Nest, Datchet House, and Brook House are the chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £280 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. The church is a building of flint in the Early English style, and has been restored and enlarged.
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 | Whitton St. Mary | |
Poor Law union | Ipswich |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Whitton cum ThurIeston from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Whitton (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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