HEPWORTH, a parish in the hundred of BLACKBOURN, county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Botesdale, containing 523 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 17. 3., and in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.