PAKEFIELD, a parish in the hundred of MUTFORD-and-LOTHINGLAND,
county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles
(S. S. W.) from Lowestoft, containing 349 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in medieties, in
the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich,
both rated in the king's books at £14, and in the patronage
of the Earl of Gosford. The church is dedicated
to All Saints. Pakefield is a small fishing-village, lying on
the coast of the North sea. The Rev. Francis Cunningham,
rector, supports schools for the education of
children.