Groton, Suffolk

E514186

Groton, Suffolk is a small historic village in England’s Suffolk county, known as the ancestral home of the Winthrop family, including John Winthrop, a key figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Groton, Suffolk canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
village
ceremonialCounty Suffolk
country United Kingdom
governingBody Groton Parish Council
hasAncestralConnectionTo John Winthrop
Winthrop family
hasCategory Babergh District
linked to: Babergh district

Civil parishes in Suffolk
Villages in Suffolk
hasChurch St Bartholomew's Church, Groton
hasDialCode 01787
hasFeature agricultural land
historic buildings
rural landscape
hasHeritage Puritan history
early colonial American connections
hasNearbyParish Boxford, Suffolk
linked to: Boxford

Chilton, Suffolk
Edwardstone
Kersey
Nayland-with-Wissington
hasPostcodeArea CO
hasPostcodeDistrict CO10
hasPostTown Sudbury
hasSettlementType rural village
historicCounty Suffolk
isPartOf Babergh District Council area
linked to: Babergh district
locatedIn Babergh district
England
Suffolk
south Suffolk
linked to: Suffolk
locatedNear Sudbury, Suffolk
notableFor ancestral home of the Winthrop family
association with John Winthrop, founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony
OSGridReference TL9440
parishChurch St Bartholomew's Church, Groton
region East of England
timezone GMT
timezoneDST BST

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Groton, Massachusetts namedAfter Groton, Suffolk