Stanton, Suffolk

Description
Stanton, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands 6 1/4 miles N by W of Thurston station on the Bury and Ipswich section of the G.E.R., and 9 NE of Bury St Edmunds. It has a post office under Bury St Edmunds; money order and telegraph office, Ixworth. It formerly had a fair on Whit Monday, but this has become obsolete. There were anciently two parishes-viz. All Saints and St John the Baptist-but these are now amalgamated into the parish of Stanton. Acreage, 3319; population, 791. The manor belongs to the Lofft family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £489 with residence. The church of All Saints is a building of flint in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, and a square western tower. The church of St John the Baptist, now used only for funerals, is also a building of flint in the Early English style, consisting of chancel and nave with a square embattled tower. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.