HAVERHILL, a small market-town of England, county of Suffolk, 25 miles N. of Chelmsford, and 59 miles from
London. It was formerly a place of greater importance than at present, and had considerable manufactures of checks and fustians, which have now dwindled away. The weaving of silk, cotton, &c., is still to some extent carried on. The parish church is a large and ancient edifice. Pop. of parish (1851) 2535.