MONKS-ELEIGH, a parish in the hundred of
BABERGH, county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (W. S.W.) from
Bildeston, containing 713 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage
of the Archbishop of Canterbury, rated in the king's
books at £14. 18. ll. The church is dedicated to
St. Peter. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan
Methodists.