Description
Easton, a village and a parish in Suffolk, on the river Deben, 2 miles SW from Parham station on the G.E.R., and 2^ NW by N from Wickham-Market. There is a post office under Wickham-Market; money order and telegraph office,. Wickham-Market. Acreage, 1484; population, 418. Easton Park was formerly the seat of the Earls of Rochford and the Wingfields, and is now a seat of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, o£355 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Hamilton. The church has an embattled tower, contains two ancient brasses, and is very good.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
