Jump to content

Thingoe Hundred

Coordinates: 52°15′N 0°39′E / 52.25°N 0.65°E / 52.25; 0.65
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Thingoe (hundred))
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

[edit]
Suffolk hundreds
Suffolk hundreds

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

Map Parish Area (acres)
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

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

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