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Pakefield is a suburb of the town of Lowestoft in the Waveney District of the English county of Suffolk. Pakefield is located around south of the centre of the town. Although today it forms a suburb of the urban area of Lowestoft, it was until 1934 a village and parish in its own right.〔(The Suffolk Churches site ). Retrieved 2009-11-10〕〔(EDP24: Pakefield ). Retrieved 2009-11-25.〕 Pakefield lies along the North Sea coast. The former parish church, All Saints and St Margarets, is located on the coast.〔 Pakefield became a site of national archaeological importance in 2005 when flint tools over 700,000 years old were unearthed. This was the oldest evidence of human occupation anywhere in the UK, until flint tools at least 800,000 years old were discovered further up the coast at Happisburgh in 2010. Pakefield has boundaries with Carlton Colville and Kirkley, both also districts or suburbs of Lowestoft. It forms the southern boundary of the Lowestoft urban area with Kessingland about to the south. ==History== Pakefield is the site of one of the earliest known areas of human habitation in the United Kingdom. In 2005 flint tools and teeth from the water vole ''Mimomys savini'', a key dating species, were found in the cliffs. This suggests that hominins can be dated in England to 700,000 years ago, potentially a cross between ''Homo antecessor'' and ''Homo heidelbergensis''.〔Parfitt.S et al (2005) 'The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe', ''Nature'' 438 pp.1008-1012, 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2011-04-16.〕〔Roebroeks.W (2005) 'Archaeology: life on the Costa del Cromer', ''Nature'' 438 pp.921-922, 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2011-04-16.〕〔Parfitt.S et al (2006) ('700,000 years old: found in Pakefield' ), ''British Archaeology'', January/February 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-24.〕〔Good. C & Plouviez. J (2007) (The Archaeology of the Suffolk Coast ) Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service (). Retrieved 2009-11-28.〕〔(Tools unlock secrets of early man ), BBC news website, 2005-12-14. Retrieved 2011-04-15.〕 Bloodmoor Hill, between Pakefield and Carlton Colville, was the site of settlement in the 2nd and 3rd centuries and the 7th and 8th centuries.〔Cambridge Archaeological Unit (A Roman and Saxon settlement at Bloodmoor Hill, Pakefield, Lowestoft ). Retrieved 2009-11-28.〕 The Saxon period consisted of a relatively dense settlement as well as a cemetery which included at least one rich barrow burial.〔 Artefacts were discovered at the site in the 18th Century and the Saxon cemetery site was the subject of archaeological investigations between 1998 and 2006.〔〔English Heritage (2008) (Historic Environment Enabling Programme Online - Report Detail: Bloodmoor Hill ). Retrieved 2009-11-28.〕 In the ''Domesday book'' Pakefield is called “Pagefella”,〔Suckling. A. (1846) (''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk'': volume 1 ) (). Retrieved 2009-11-25.〕 the name probably coming from the Pagan settlement name of Pagga's or Pacca's field.〔 The village was part of the King's holdings〔(Pakefield ), Domesday Map. Retrieved 2011-04-16.〕〔''Domesday Book: folio 283r'', National Archives.〕 and was part of the Hundred of Lothing.〔 It had a population of about 17 households, including a number of freemen.〔〔〔''Domesday Book: folio 302v'', National Archives.〕〔''Domesday Book: folio 407v'', National Archives.〕 Part of the tax payment made by the village was 600 herrings.〔 Pakefield later developed as a fishing community.〔 The former terminus of the Tram Service from Lowestoft is located in the centre of Pakefield and is now the site of the Tramway Hotel.〔 In the modern era, the area played an important role in the Kindertransport programme nine months before the start of World War II. Many children who had not found prearranged foster families were given temporary shelter in the local holiday camp.〔Grenville. A (2008) (The Kindertransports 70 years on ) Association of Jewish Refugees Journal, November 2008 (). Retrieved 2009-11-28.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pakefield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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