GROTON, a parish in the hundred of BABERGH, county of SUFFOLK, 1 mile (N. by W.) from Boxford, containing 597 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £8. 1. 8. J. W.Willett, Esq. and others were patrons in 1806. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. There is an almshouse, with gardens attached, for four persons, purchased in 1702, and kept in repair by the parish.