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BARTON (Great), a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; near the Bury St. Edmunds railway, 2½ miles N E of Bury St. Edmunds. It contains the villages of Great Barton and East Barton; and has a post office, of the name of Barton under Bury St. Edmunds. Acres, 4,030. Real property, £4,794. Pop., 848. Houses, 200. Barton Hall is the seat of Sir H. E. Bunbury, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, not reported.* Patron, SirJ. T. Bunbury, Bart. The church contains several old monuments, and is good. There are a free school, and four alms-houses.
(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: | Great Barton Parish Thingoe Poor Law Union/Registration District Suffolk Ancient County |
| Place names: | BARTON | BARTON GREAT | GREAT BARTON |
| Place: | Great Barton |
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