Cotton, Suffolk
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Cotton is a small village and civil parish located in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Cotton lies a few miles to the east of the Great Eastern Main Line and to the west of the A140. Nearby villages include Mendlesham and Bacton, and the parish also includes the small hamlet of Dandy Corner. Its precise location is 4+1⁄2 miles north east of its post town, Stowmarket, and 2+1⁄2 miles north west of Mendlesham.[3]
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Cotton | |
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Hampnalls Hall | |
Location within Suffolk | |
Population | 510 [1] 526 (2011) |
OS grid reference | TM 0712 6693 |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Stowmarket |
Postcode district | IP14 |
Dialling code | 01449 |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
52.26149°N 1.03358°E / 52.26149; 1.03358 |
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In 2005 its population was 510[1] and according to the 2011 census, the total population had increased by 16 to 526.[4]
In the 1870s, Cotton was described as
- "a parish in Hartismere district, Suffolk; on the Eastern Union railway, 1½ mile S of Finningham r. station, and 6 N by E of Stowmarket. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities."[5]