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Bacton

village · Norfolk

Old EnglishAI-generated

Bacton likely means 'Bacca's settlement'. It is named after a person called Bacca and the Old English word for a farmstead or village.

Word origins

Bact-
Old Englishpersonal name(from Bacca "personal name")
-ton
Old Englishsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")

Historical forms

Bactuna · Bactone