Dunwich

Dunwich, a village of 250 inhabitants, on the cliffs of the Suffolk coast, $4\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ miles S. of Southwold. Made the episcopal see of the Anglic Southfolk in 630, it became a large and important place. Most of its ancient buildings have been swept away by the encroachment of the sea; in 1350 more than 400 were washed away at once. Dunwich sent two members to parliament till 1832, and till 1883 was a municipal borough.