Description
Holton, a village and a parish in Suffolk, adjacent to the river Biythe, 1 mile ENE of Halesworth station on the East Suffolk branch of the G.E.R. There is a post office under Halesworth; money order and telegraph office, Halesworth. Acreage, 1236; population, 493. Holton Hall is a chief residence, standing in a well-wooded park of about 70 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £194 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building of flint in the Norman style, but the greater part has been rebuilt. There is a Baptist chape
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
