Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EASTON

EASTON, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; on the river Deben, 2 miles SW of Parham r. station, and 2¾ NW by N of Wickham-Market. It has a post office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1, 462. Real property, £2, 588. Pop., 400. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a few. Easton Park was formerly the seat of the Earls of Rochford, and the Wingfields; and is now a seat of the Duke of Hamilton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £242. - Patron, the Duke of Hamilton. The church has an embattled tower; contains two ancient brasses; and is very good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Easton CP/AP       Plomesgate RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Easton

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