Troston

Other current and historical names

Trostuna

Built-Up Area: Troston
Parish/Community: Troston
District/Borough: St. Edmundsbury
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'52"N 0°47'2"E
Eastings/Northings: 589862, 272154
OS Grid: TL898721
Mapcode Local: GBR RFG.T6X
Mapcode Global: VHKCZ.J2TW

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Troston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Troston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Troston, par. and vil., Suffolk, 5 miles NE. of Bury St Edmunds, 1764 ac., pop. 309; P.O.; near vil. is Troston Hall, seat.

Troston in the Domesday Book

A village in Blackburn hundred, in the county of Suffolk.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, twenty-four
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin (subinfeudated); Abbey of Bury St Edmunds
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Troston, Suffolk

Troston is a village in Suffolk

Troston in historic gazetteers

Troston in the Domesday Book