ATHELINGTON, a parish in the hundred of HOXNE, county of SUFFOLK, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Eye, containing 100 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £4. 14. 2., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.