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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holton like this:
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.
Holton is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Holton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Holton, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7294
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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