Belsteada village and a parish in Suffolk, 2 miles N from Bentley station on the G.E.R., and 3 1/2 SW of Ipswich, which is the post town; money order and telegraph office, Copdock. Acreage, 1032; population, 254. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; gross value, £230 with residence. The church is a small rubble building in the Perpendicular style, and there is a small Congregational chapel.