Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PAKEFIELD

PAKEFIELD, a village and a parish in Mutford district, Suffolk. The village stands on the coast, 2 miles S S W of Lowestoft r. station; and has a post-office under Lowestoft. The parish comprises 686 acres of land and 85 of water. Real property, £2,056. Pop., 768. Houses, 182. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to H. Reeve, Esq. The coast is very dangerous, and has suffered considerable encroachment by the sea. A life-boat establishment is here; and a lighthouse was erected in 1832, showing a fixed light 68 feet high, and visible at the distance of 9 miles. Bloodmere hill is said to have been the scene of a battle with the Danes; iscrowned with a barrow; and, in 1780, yielded a number of pieces of ancient armour. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £186.* Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is ancient but good; comprises two quondam churches, forming adouble aisle; has a thatched roof and an embattled tower; and contains an octagonal font, a silver chalice of 1337, and two brasses of 1417 and 1451. There are a Quakers'chapel, a national school, and charities £31.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Pakefield AP/CP       Mutford and Lothingland RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Pakefield

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