Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARLTON

CARLTON, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; on the East Suffolk railway, ¾ of a mile NW of Saxmundham. Post Town, Saxmundham. Acres, 543. Real property, £1,132. Pop., 116. Houses, 26. A chantry was founded here, in 1330, by John Framlingham; and given to the Honings. Carlton Hall belongs to Lady Stradbroke The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Kelsale, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is Norman. Charities, £56.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Carlton CP/AP       Blything RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Carlton

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