BAWDSEY, a parish (formerly a market-town) in the hundred of WILFORD, county of SUFFOLK, 85 miles (S. E. by S.) from Woodbridge, containing 414 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship forWesleyan Methodists. In the llth of Edward I. permission was obtained for a market to be held here on Friday, but it has been discontinued: there is a fair on September 8th. Bawdsey haven, at the mouth of the river Deben, affords convenient anchorage for small vessels. On the eastern side of the parish, which is bounded by the North sea, are two Martello towers, a fort, a signal-house, and a landmark.