Description

Bacton, a parish in Suffolk, 1 mile NE from Finningham station on the G.E.R., and 6 miles N of Stowmarket. It has a post and money order office (R.S.O.); telegraph office, Finningham. Acreage, 2290 ; population of the civil parish, 646 ; of the ecclesiastical, 639. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich ; net value, £480 with residence. The church is a fine building of flint, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles.