The village Bakovo with its Church of the Saint Nicholas is mentioned in the Slavic donor inscription of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1340/41 as a monastic property (u bakově crkvь svetoga nikole sь selomь). Bakovo is also attested in the boundary description of the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) in the same Slavic donor inscription (ta niz reku po bakovo). Furthermore, the village Bakovo appears in the founding charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan for the Eparchy of Zletovo with its seat in the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) from the year 1346/47 (Selo Bakovo i sь crьkvijzňu svetago Nikoli; niže Bakova). The Serbian local ruler Konstantin Dragaš donated on the 15th August 1381 the Monastery Lěsnovo (1) with all its possessions, including the village Bakovo with its Church of Saint Nicholas and the hamlet Globica (selo Bakovo i sь crьkoviju Svetago Nikoli i sь zaselkōmь Globicōmь), to the Hilandar Monastery.