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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Troston like this:
TROSTON, a parish, with a village, in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 5½ miles NNE of Bury-St. Edmunds r. station. Post town, Ixworth, under Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 1,764. Real property, £2,299. Pop., 322. Houses, 85. T. Hall belongs to H.L. Moseley, Esq.; and was the birthplace of Capel, the editor of Shakespeare. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £332.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable.
Troston is now part of WEST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Troston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Troston, in West Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7833
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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