BARDWELL, a parish in the hundred of BLACKBOURN,
county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (N. by E.) from
Ixworth, containing 687 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £7. 17- 1-, and in
the patronage of the President and Fellows of St. John's
College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
There is a place of worship for Particular Baptists. The
parochial school has a small endowment for the instruction
of poor children: here is also an almshouse.