NACTON, a parish in the hundred of COLNEIS, county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (S.E.) from Ipswich, con- taining 527 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, united to that of Levington, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £8. 7. 1. The church is dedicated to St. Martin. The navigable river Orwell runs along the southern boundary of the parish.