Corton

Other current and historical names

Caretuna
Karetuna

Built-Up Area: Lowestoft
Parish/Community: Corton
District/Borough: Waveney
County: Suffolk
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°30'58"N 1°44'47"E
Eastings/Northings: 654286, 297532
OS Grid: TM542975
Mapcode Local: GBR YSQ.BC4
Mapcode Global: VHN3X.704T

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

Corton in historic gazetteers

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

Corton.-- coast par., E. Suffolk, 3 miles N. of Lowestoft, 1495 ac. (140 water), pop. 562; P.O.; outside Corton Sands is a light-vessel, with revolving light (Corton) seen 10 miles.

Corton in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlords in 1066: Earl Gyrth; Alric
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Alric; Free men, fifteen
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086
- Households: 5 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 3 pigs
- Animals in 1066: 5 cattle; 12 pigs; 2 cobs
- Animals in 1086: 5 cattle; 12 pigs; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Ulf
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ketil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ralph the bowman
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph the bowman
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 4 shillings in 1066; 4 shillings in 1070; 4 shillings in 1086
- Plough Teams: ¹⁄₂ men's plough

British Place Names

Corton, Suffolk

Corton is a village in Lowestoft, Suffolk

Corton in historic gazetteers

Corton in the Domesday Book