FORDLEY, a parish (formerly distinct), now united to MIDDLETON, in the hundred of BLYTHING, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (N. E. by E.) from Saxmundham, containing 351 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, xmited to the rectoty of Middleton, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was situated in Middleton church-yard, but has long since been demolished.