NORTH-HALES, otherwise COVEHITHE, a parish in the hundred of BLYTHING, county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Southwold, containing 169 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the rectory of Binacre, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. 6. 8., and endowed with £200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.