BRADESTON, a parish in the hundred of BLOFIELD, county of NORFOLK, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Acle, containing 142 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Strumpshaw united, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Rev. T. Woodward. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. This parish is bounded on the south by the river Yare. Three Roman urns, containing calcined bones, were found in digging a sand-pit near the site of a demolished church.