Troston (St. Mary)
TROSTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Thingoe, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of Suffolk, 7 miles (N. N. E.) from Bury St. Edmund's; containing 409 inhabitants. It comprises 1760 acres; the surface is flat, and the soil, with slight exceptions, light and sandy. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 4. 7., and in the patronage of the Crown; there is a parsonage-house; the glebe contains 33 acres, and the tithes have been commuted for £332. 10. The church is in the early and decorated styles, with an embattled tower. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyans. An allotment of about 15 acres, awarded under an inclosure act in 1806, is let for £22 per annum, which are expended in coal for the poor. Capel Lofft had a seat here.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.