Bacton

Other current and historical names

Bachetuna

Built-Up Area: Bacton
Parish/Community: Bacton
District/Borough: Mid Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'2"N 1°0'36"E
Eastings/Northings: 605500, 267500
OS Grid: TM055675
Mapcode Local: GBR SHN.XXP
Mapcode Global: VHKD9.G8FS

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

Bacton in historic gazetteers

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

Bacton, par., W. Suffolk, near Finningham ry. sta., and 6 miles N. of Stowmarket, 2204 ac., pop. 642: P.O.

Bacton in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlords in 1066: Earl Harold; Leofwin the noble of Bacton
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Bacton; Free men, fourty
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter the deacon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter the deacon
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 in 1066; £14 3/- in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 13 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 100 pigs
- Churches: 1
- Animals in 1066: 8 cattle; 60 pigs; 40 goats; 9 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 40 pigs; 36 goats; 8 cobs

British Place Names

Bacton, Suffolk

Bacton is a settlement in Suffolk

Bacton in historic gazetteers

Bacton in the Domesday Book