COTTON, a parish in Hartismere district, Suffolk; on the Eastern Union railway, 1½ mile S of Finningham r. station, and 6 N by E of Stowmarket. Post town, Finningham, under Stowmarket. Acres, 1, 921. Real property, £3, 278. Pop., 542. Houses, 120. The property is much subdivided. Cotton Hall is the seat of M. Turner, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £355.* Patron, M. Turner, Esq. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities £12.

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