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HOLTON, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; adjacent to the river Blythe, and to the East Suffolk railway, 1¼ mile ENE of Halesworth. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 1, 130. Real property, £2, 733. Pop., 470. Houses, 108. The chief part of the property belongs to A. Johnston, Esq. Holton Hall is occupied by Major general Turner. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £310.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has a Norman tower. There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, and an endowed national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Holton Parish Blything Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Holton |
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