Blackbourn Hundred

Blackbourn was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 66,272 acres (26,819 ha).

Blackbourn hundred was situated in the north-west of Suffolk. Its northern boundary is the Little Ouse forming the border with Norfolk, and the River Lark forms part of its western boundary.

The hundred appears in the Domesday Book as Blachruna and Blackebrune meaning "black bourn", where a bourn is a stream. The stream in question is that which flows north through Ixworth, Bardwell, and Fakenham Magna to the Little Ouse at Euston and is still known as the Black Bourn.[1]

Parishes

Suffolk hundreds
Suffolk hundreds

Blackbourn Hundred consisted of the following 34 parishes:[2]

Parish Area (acres)
Badwell Ash1860
Bardwell3142
Barnham5184
Barningham1555
Coney Weston1321
Culford2490
Elmswell2021
Euston3780
Fakenham Magna2155
Great Ashfield2030
Hepworth1640
Hinderclay1400
Honington1204
Hopton1322
Hunston1120
Ingham1809
Ixworth2213
Ixworth Thorpe1000
Knettishall1025
Langham1270
Little Livermere1433
Market Weston1090
Norton2450
Rickinghall1966
Rushford (part)1000
Sapiston1155
Stanton, Suffolk3254
Stowlangtoft1358
Thelnetham1721
Troston1770
Walsham-le-Willows2760
Wattisfield1600
West Stow3050
Wordwell2120

References

  1. Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
  2. 1841 Census

Coordinates: 52°00′N 1°07′E / 52.0°N 1.11°E / 52.0; 1.11

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