STRADBROOK, a parish in the hundred of HOXNE,
county of SUFFOLK, 5 miles (E.) from Eye, containing
1400 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich,
rated in the king's books at £9. 18. 6., and in the
patronage of the Bishop of Ely. The church is dedicated
to All Saints. Thereis a place of worship for
Baptists. William Greenling, in 1599, bequeathed land
to be applied, among other purposes, in support of a
school j and Michael Wentworth, in 168?', gave the town
house for the use of the poor, with a chamber for a
school. Mary Warner also, in 1746, left an annuity of
£ 10 for teaching twelve children.