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Moulton (St. Peter)

MOULTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Newmarket, hundred of Risbridge, W. division of Suffolk, 3½ miles (E. by N.) from Newmarket, containing 379 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 3000 acres: an inclosure act was passed in 1839. The living comprises a rectory and a vicarage, the former valued in the king's books at £13. 6. 8., and the latter at £4. 7. 8½.; patrons, the Master and Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge. The tithes have been commuted for £587, and the glebe comprises 139 acres. The church is a large and handsome edifice. The poor's land produces a rent of £39.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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