Bredfield is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.

[2] The first mention of Bredfield is in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Brēde Felda (or various permutations thereof) in Old English, meaning "broad clearing".

The historic building Bredfield House, the birthplace of poet and writer Edward FitzGerald,[3] used to be situated in the village; however, it was damaged during World War II and has since been demolished.

Like many small villages, Bredfield was unable to sustain not only the school but also a privately run grocery shop, the last one also closing in 1986.

Bredfield is the likely real world location of Dr. Rant/ Mr. Eldred's house, who are both characters who appear in The Tractate Middoth, a short ghost story by M.R.