WALPOLE, a parish in the hundred of BLYTHING, county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (S. W.) from Halesworth, containing 605 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary grant. The Rev. B. Philpot was patron in 1817. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Independents. Thomas Neale, in 1704, bequeathed an annuity of £2.10., for teaching poor children.