GELDESTONE, a parish in the hundred of CLAVERING, county of NORFOLK, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Beccles, containing 284 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.