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GROTON, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; 4½ miles W of Hadleigh r. station, and 6 E of Sudbury Post town, Boxford, under Colchester. Acres, 1, 517. Real property, £3, 540. Pop., 554. House, 123. The manor belonged to the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds; and passed, at the dissolution, to the Winthorpes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £449. Patrons, J. W. Willett, Esq., and others. The church is ancient.
(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: | Groton Parish Cosford Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place: | Groton |
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