Akethorpe, or Akethorp, was an English village thought to have been located in what is now part of the
Suffolk
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town of
Lowestoft
Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the List of extreme points of the United Kingdom, most easterly UK se ...
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[Akethorpe]
Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 2011-04-21.[Akethorpe]
Open Domesday. Retrieved 2021-02-19. The village was described in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
as being home to four households in the
Hundred of Lothingland. It formed part of the
King's holding in 1086, having been held by Aelmer the Priest in 1066.
[
The manor of Akethorp was purchased by ]Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College ( ) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and ...
in 1478. Earthworks thought to be part of the manorial boundary have been surveyed in the area.Monument record LWT 028 - Akethorp Manor Bank
Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council
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. Retrieved 2021-02-19. A road in modern Lowestoft is named Akethorpe Way.
See also
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Abandoned village
An abandoned village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. In many countries, and throughout history, thousands of villages have been deserted for a variety of causes. Abandonment of villages is often related to epidemic, ...
References
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Former populated places in Suffolk
Lowestoft