CRATFIELD, a parish in the hundred of BLYTHING, county of SUFFOLK, 5 miles (W. S. W.) from Halesworth, containing 717 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, annexed to that of Laxfield, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. 7. H-, and in the patronage of Lord Huntingfield. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is an endowed Sunday school in this parish, also a school supported by charitable donations amounting to £8. 8. per annum.