Place:


Bacton  Suffolk

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bacton like this:

BACTON, a parish in Hartismere district, Suffolk; on the East-Union railway, near Finningham station, 6 miles N of Stowmarket. It has a post office under Stowmarket. Acres, 2,204. Real property, £4,542. Pop., 733 Houses, 161. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £700.* Patron, the Rev. A. B. Hemsworth. The church is good; and there are charities £86.

Bacton through time

Bacton is now part of Mid Suffolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Suffolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bacton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bacton in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7006

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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