GOSBECK, a parish in the hundred of BOSMERE-and-CLAYDON, county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Needham, containing 308 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £8.5.5. John Vernon, Esq, was patron in 1813. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, stands half a mile eastward from the village.