Bawdsey, a village and a parish in Suffolk. the village stands near the mouth of the Deben river, on the sea coast, 10 miles SSE of Woodbridge, and 9 SE from Melton station on the G.E.R. It has a post office under Woodbridge; money order office, Alderton; telegraph office, Melton. It was once a market town. The parish comprises 1630 acres of land, and 271 of water; population, 461. Bawdsey Haven, in the mouth of the Deben, gives shelter to small craft, and there is a ferry across the river (4 miles) to Felixstowe. Bawdsey Manor, a fine new mansion, is on the coast. Bawdsey Sand is a shoal, about 5 miles distant, 4 miles long and 1/2 of a mile broad, with 10 feet and upwards of water. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £126 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. the church is a small, neat, recent structure, and was preceded by a fine early Saxon edifice, the reduced tower of which, now 60 feet high, still stands. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a reading room.
