EYE, a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of England, county of Suffolk, 20 miles N. of Ipswich. It is governed by four aldermen and twelve councillors, and returns one member to parliament. Pop. (1851) of municipal borough, 2587; of parliamentary borough, 7531. Registered electors, 356. Eye is situated in a low fertile tract of country, and is nearly surrounded by a small stream, an affluent of the Waveney. The streets are narrow, irregular, and unpaved, while the white-washed houses and thatched roofs give Eye the appearance of a large agricultural village. The church is a spacious cruciform edifice, with a fine embattled tower. The free grammar-school has two exhibitions to Cambridge University. The guild-hall is a handsome modern building. There were formerly a castle and a small Benedictine priory at Eye;—the former has disappeared, but of the latter some ruins are still to be seen to the east of the town. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. Eye received its first charter from King John; and previous to the passing of the Reform Act returned two members to parliament. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture.