BAWDESWELL, a parish in the hundred of EYNSFORD,
county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (W. by S.) from
Reepham, containing 590 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and
diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £7,
and in the patronage of Sir J. Lombe, Bart. The church
is dedicated to All Saints. A school for the instruction
of twelve boys has an endowment of about £10 per
annum, arising from land bequeathed by John Leeds,
in 1730.