Beyton is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Mid Suffolk

Mid Suffolk

Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Needham Market, and the largest town is Stowmarket.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Eye, Stowmarket urban district, Gipping Rural District, Hartismere Rural District and...

 district of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, England

England

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. According to Eilert Ekwall

Eilert Ekwall

Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall , known as Eilert Ekwall, was Professor of English at Lund University, Sweden, from 1909 to 1942, and one of the outstanding scholars of the English language of the first half of the 20th century...

 the meaning of the village name is homestead by brook or Beaga's homestead.The Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 records the population of Beyton in 1086 to be 1 free man. The village is about 7 miles (11 km) east of Bury St Edmunds, on the A14 road.
The church of Beyton All Saints is one of 38 existing round-tower church

Round-tower church

Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower...

es in Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

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Beyton Middle School

Beyton Middle School is a middle school

Middle school

Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...

 for 9-13 year olds in West Suffolk. It currently enrolls about 800 pupils in years 5 to 8. The majority of students come from surrounding villages and mostly go onto Thurston Community College

Thurston Community College

Thurston Community College is an upper school in Thurston, Suffolk in the United Kingdom. It is also the largest school in west Suffolk. It has the second largest Sixth form on its premises and many facilities such as different sports areas and equipment which can be used by the public; it also...

 or Stowupland High School

Stowupland High School

Stowupland High School is situated in the Suffolk village Stowupland. It caters for students aged 13–18. Like many secondary schools in Suffolk, students attend from year 9 rather than year 7. This is because the county currently employs a middle school system across many of its schools. The school...

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As of April 2011, Suffolk County Council is consulting on a proposal to extend its school organisation review into West Suffolk. This would mean the closure of middle schools and the introduction of a two tier system in the area from September 2015.

External links

• Website with photos of Beyton All Saints, a round-tower church
  Round-tower church
  Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower...