Thingoe Hundred
Historic hundred in Suffolk
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::summary Historic hundred in Suffolk ::
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Thingoe was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 31850 acre.
One of the smaller hundreds of Suffolk, around 9 mi wide and 11 mi 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.
Parishes
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Thingoe Hundred consisted of the following 18 parishes: ::data[format=table]
| Map | Parish | Area (acres) |
|---|---|---|
| [[File:Thingoe.jpg | thumb | Thingoe Hundred, 1838]] |
| Barrow | 2810 | |
| Brockley | 1080 | |
| Chevington | 2240 | |
| Flempton | 720 | |
| Fornham All Saints | 2200 | |
| Great Saxham | 1670 | |
| Hargrave | 1870 | |
| Hawstead | 1980 | |
| Hengrave | 1000 | |
| Horningsheath | 1780 | |
| Ickworth | 1350 | |
| Lackford | 2470 | |
| Little Saxham | 1300 | |
| Nowton | 1320 | |
| Rede | 1310 | |
| Risby | 2620 | |
| Westley | 680 | |
| Whepstead | 3450 | |
| :: |
References
References
- William White. (1844). "History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk".
- Walter Skeat. (1913). "The Place-names of Suffolk".
- 1841 Census
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