Moulton Suffolk
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Moulton
MOULTON, a parish in the hundred of Risbridge, county Suffolk, 4 miles N.E. of Newmarket, its post town, and 2 S. of the Kennet station on the Cambridge and Bury branch of the Great Eastern railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Lark, and is chiefly agricultural. The soil is sandy, and the subsoil gravel with chalk. An Enclosure Act was passed in 1839. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £587.
The church
The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a stone structure, with a lofty tower containing five bells. The parochial charities produce about £111 per annum, chiefly the produce of the poor's land. There is a free school for both sexes, erected in 1849 at the expense of the rector, by whom it is entirely supported. Moulton Paddocks is the principal residence.
From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales entry
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moulton like this:
"MOULTON, a village and a parish in the district of Newmarket and county of Suffolk. The village stands on the river Lark, near Icknield-street, 11 mile NE of the boundary with Cambridge, 2 S by W of Kennet r. station, and 31 E by N of Newmarket; was once a market-town; and has a post office under Newmarket. The parish comprises 3,134 acres. Real property, £3,653. Pop., 518. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £700.* Patron, Christ's College, Cambridge. The church is later English; was restored in 1851, at a cost of more than £2,000; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and lofty tower. There are an Independent chapel, a parochial school, and charities £111."