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 of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the most easterly UK settlement, it is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and sou ...
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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
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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.
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The manor of Akethorp was purchased by ]Magdalen College, Oxford
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in 1478. Earthworks though 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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History
Establ ...
. Retrieved 2021-02-19. A road in modern Lowestoft is named Akethorpe Way.
See also
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Abandoned village
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References
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Former populated places in Suffolk
Lowestoft