Thingoe Hundred

Thingoe was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 31,850 acres (128.9 km2).[1]

One of the smaller hundreds of Suffolk, around 9 miles (14 km) wide and 11 miles (18 km) long, Thingoe contained the borough of Bury St Edmunds on its eastern border, though the town was considered a separate jurisdiction. The remainder of the hundred consisted of the land to the west of Bury St Edmunds. The River Lark rises in the hundred, flowing north to the River Little Ouse.

The name derives from the words thing, a Norse word meaning "assembly", and howe, again Norse, meaning detached hill or mound.[2]

Parishes

Suffolk hundreds
Suffolk hundreds

Thingoe Hundred consisted of the following 18 parishes:[1][3]

Parish Area (acres)
Barrow2810
Brockley1080
Chevington2240
Flempton720
Fornham All Saints2200
Great Saxham1670
Hargrave1870
Hawstead1980
Hengrave1000
Horningsheath1780
Ickworth1350
Lackford2470
Little Saxham1300
Nowton1320
Rede1310
Risby2620
Westley680
Whepstead3450

References

  1. 1 2 William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 601.
  2. Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
  3. 1841 Census

Coordinates: 52°15′N 0°39′E / 52.25°N 0.65°E / 52.25; 0.65

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