BALE, or BAITHLEY, a parish in the hundred of
HOLT, county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (W. by S.) from
Holt, containing 265 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, .united to that of Gunthorpe, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the.
king's books at £ 10. 13, 4. The church is dedicated
to All Saints. Here was anciently a chapel, dedicated
to St. Botolph.