BERGHOLT (EAST), a parish in the hundred of
SAMFORD, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (N.W.) from
Manningtree, containing 1246 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Brantham,
in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of
Norwich. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There
is a place of worship for Independents. The navigable
river Stour flows along the southern side of the parish,
Lettice Dykes, in 1580, gave property, now producing
about £40 per annum, to endow a free school, which
was built by subscription, on land given by Edward
Lamb, in 1594.