CHEDISTON, a parish in the hundred of ELYTHING, county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Halesworth, containing 427 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Halesworth, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6. 7- 6. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.