[citation needed] The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Begoton or Begatona.

[3] The Domesday village was held by Hugh de Montfort and was a very small settlement with a taxable value of just 0.3 geld units.

[5] It grew up around the village green and the along the main Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds road.

[5] Beyton Middle School enrolled about 700 pupils from age 9 to 13 with the majority of students coming from surrounding villages.

The site is now used by Thurston Community College as part of its sixth form provision.