Blything Hundred

Blything was a hundred of eastern Suffolk, and with an area of 87,641 acres (354.67 km2) was the largest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.

The origins of the hundred centre on the ancient royal estate of Blythburgh, whose hall housed the hundred's central meeting place.

Listed as Blidinga in the Domesday Book, the hundred's name means "the people of the Blyth" a subgroup of the Iceni who populated the valleys of the River Blyth; the hundred corresponds closely to the drainage basin of the River Blyth together with other minor rivers.[1] The name "Blyth" itself means "blithe" or "pleasant" and shares its name with a river in Northamptonshire.[2]

Parishes

Suffolk hundreds
Suffolk hundreds

Blything Hundred consisted of the following parishes:[3]

Parish Area (acres)
Aldringham628
Benacre2576
Blythburgh4111
Blythford1373
Bramfield2547
Brampton1967
Chediston2378
Cookley1552
Covehithe1524
Cratfield2000
Darsham1493
Dunwich1334
Easton Bavents260
Frostenden1292
Halesworth1420
Henham1500
Heveningham1900
Henstead1920
Hulverstreet293
Holton1132
Huntingfield2011
Knodishall1731
Leiston4966
Linstead Magna1304
Linstead Parva554
Middleton cum Fordley2024
Peasenhall1972
Reydon2675
Rumburgh1370
Sibton2680
Sotherton1084
South Cove1198
Southwold632
Spexhall1482
Stoven762
Theberton2050
Thorington1411
Ubbeston1207
Uggeshall1455
Walberswick1771
Walpole1624
Wangford829
Wenhaston2327
Westhall2194
Westleton6103
Wissett2260
Wrentham1280
Yoxford2670

References

  1. ↑ P. M. Warner. Blything Hundred: A study in the Development of Settlement, 400-1400 AD (PDF) (Thesis). Leicester University. p. 109.
  2. ↑ Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
  3. ↑ 1841 Census

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Coordinates: 52°20′N 1°32′E / 52.34°N 1.54°E / 52.34; 1.54

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