Nacton
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| Population | 757 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] TM220403] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | IPSWICH |
| Postcode district | IP10 |
| Dialling code | 01473 |
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Nacton is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The parish is bounded by the neighbouring parishes of Levington to the east and Bucklesham to the north. It is located between the towns of Ipswich and Felixstowe.
Nacton abuts the River Orwell opposite the village of Pin Mill. Riverside features covered by this parish are (from east to west) Buttermans Bay, Potter's Point, Downham Reach, Mulberry Middle, and Pond Oose.
Nacton parish is the mother for the villages of Levington and Bucklesham and was chosen for the site of the Woodbridge poor-law union workhouse because of its central location. A substantial house has replaced the workhouse.[2] This was used by Amberfield School as its main building until it closed in 2011. The more adventurous explorer can find the old burial ground opposite the entrance to a lane leading down to the school. The site of Alnesbourne Priory is close to Nacton.[3]
The village contains one of the few remaining active wildfowl decoys in East Anglia.
History
The name means Hnaki or Nokkvi's homestead.[4] In 1010, Ulfcytel, Ealdorman of East Anglia, fought the Danes in the area now called Seven Hills (there were more than seven barrows at one time), which is now mostly under junction 58 of the A14.
A country house in the parish, Broke Hall, was the seat of the Broke family, including Admiral Sir Philip Broke.
A former public house, the Anchor, appears to have been closed in controversial circumstances during the late 19th century.[5]
From 1877 to 1959, the village was served by the Orwell station.[4]
Notable inhabitants
- Margaret Catchpole became legendary in the 19th century after the publication of 'The History of Margaret Catchpole: A Suffolk Girl' by Richard Cobbold in 1845. It is a classic story of a young girl falling in love with a villain (a smuggler called Will Laud) and suffering the consequences.
- Edward Vernon, a naval hero.
- George Tomline, a politician
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches northeast to Waldringfield, and at the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,602.[6]
Orwell Park Observatory
An observatory, which had been commissioned at Orwell Park by Colonel George Tomline (1813-1889), has been in use as the base of the Orwell Astronomical Society, Ipswich (OASI), since the 1960s.[7][8]
In popular culture
Nacton's name was used as a word coined by Douglas Adams to describe the letter 'N' when inserted between two other words as an abbreviation for 'and', as in rock 'n' roll and fish 'n' chips.[9]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parish population 2011". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Edwards, Paul Historic Asset Assessment, Former Amberfield School, Nacton, Suffolk Report prior to proposed redevelopment, March 2013
- ^ Wilson J. M. (1872) 'Nacton', Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (available online). Retrieved 2011-04-30.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parish: Nacton" (PDF). Suffolk Heritage Explorer. Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Nacton Anchor at The Suffolk Real Ale Guide, 8 December 2013. Accessed 21 February 2014
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Orwell Astronomical Society (Ipswich) Official website
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Whiting, Paul J. (2006). "The Work of John Isaac Plummer at Orwell Park Observatory in the Years 1874 to 1890". The Antiquarian Astronomer. 3. Society for the History of Astronomy: 95–100. Bibcode:2006AntAs...3...95W. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Nacton at The Suffolk Real Ale Guide. Accessed 21 February 2014
External links
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- Reference on www.british-history.ac.uk
- Location and picture at www.geograph.org.uk
- Account of Nacton workhouse and riots Script error: No such module "webarchive". at EASF radical history site
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