Milden, or Milding (St. Peter)

MILDEN, or Milding (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Cosford, hundred of Babergh, W. division of Suffolk, 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from Bildeston; containing 186 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 13. 4., and in the gift of John Gurdon, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £340, and the glebe comprises 22 acres. In the chancel of the church is a curious monument to the Alington family, dated 1627. A valuable library of works of early writers on divinity was left to the rector for the time being by the Rev. W. Burkitt, author of a Commentary on the Old Testament.