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Village in Suffolk, England

Human settlement in England

Troston
St Mary's church, Troston
Troston is located in SuffolkTrostonTrostonLocation within Suffolk
Area 7.32 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Population 952 (2011 Census)[1]
Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
OS grid reference TL898721
District West Suffolk
Shire county Suffolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district IP31
Dialling code 01359
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
UK Parliament Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°18′50″N 0°46′59″E / 52.314°N 0.783°E / 52.314; 0.783

Troston is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, five miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds. Its parish church contains rare mediaeval wall paintings, including dragon-slaying and the Martyrdom of St Edmund.

The local pub, The Bull, had been a central part of the village since the late 1800s, but was closed, leaving it boarded up. Owners, brewers Greene King, sold it, and The Bull has now reopened as a Free House with a restaurant.[2]

Troston Hall, to the south of the village, is a Grade II* listed late 16th century manor house,[3] with the Grade II listed Hall Farm to its north.[4]

There are sixteen listed buildings in the village.[5]

Governance and religion

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The parish falls under the West Suffolk District Council ward of Pakenham & Troston, the Suffolk County Council division of Thingoe North, and the parliamentary constituency of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, whose MP since 2024 is Peter Prinsley of the Labour Party.

The ecclesiastical parish falls under the province of Canterbury, the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and the deanery of Ixworth.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ^ "About - the Bull Freehouse - Pub - Accommodation - Food - Countryside".
  3. ^ Historic England. "Troston Hall (1031251)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Hall Farmhouse (1376960)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Listed Buildings in Troston, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

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