WOOLPIT, a parish in the hundred of THEDWESTRY,
county of SUFFOLK, 5 miles (N. W. by W.) from
Stow-Market, containing 801 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese
of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6.18. 9.,
and in the patronage of the Rev. T. Cobbold. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, is partly in the decorated,
and partly in the later, style of English architecture.
Woolpit is on the high road from Ipswich to
Bury St. Edmunds, and was formerly a market-town.
One of the largest cattle fairs in England is held here,
on September 16th and several following days. Sunday
schools for both sexes are attended by about one
hundred children.