EASTON-BAVENTS, a parish in the hundred of
BLYTHING, county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (N.N.E.) from
Southwold, containing 24 inhabitants. The living is
a discharged rectory, annexed to that of Benacre, in
the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich,
rated in the king's books at £6, and endowed with £200
royal bounty. The church, which was dedicated to St.
Nicholas, has fallen to ruin.