Bosmere and Claydon Hundred

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

Bosmere and Claydon Hundred

The hundred is a fertile and picturesque district varying from 8 to about 12 miles (19 km) in length and breadth. It is bounded on the south by the Borough of Ipswich and Samford Hundred, on the west by Cosford and Stow Hundreds on the north by Hartismere and Thredling Hundreds and on the east by Carlford Hundred. It falls in the Deaneries of Bosmere and Claydon in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk and Diocese of Norwich.

Its clay soil has long been associated with agriculture, and is suited to grain production. It is crossed by the River Gipping which becomes the River Orwell at Ipswich on becoming an estuary. Its main settlement is the town of Needham Market.

The hundred's name is taken from the parish of Claydon which falls within its bounds, and Bosmere, originally "Bosa's mere", a small lake near Needham Market in the grounds of Bosmere Hall.[2]

Parishes

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Suffolk hundreds

Bosmere and Claydon Hundred consisted of the following 33 parishes:[1][3]

Parish Area (acres)
Akenham 1060
Ashbocking 1383
Badley 1050
Barham 1800
Battisford 1542
Baylham 1332
Bramford 3247
Claydon 951
Coddenham 2719
Creeting All Saints 1286
Creeting St Mary 1441
Creeting St Olave 388
Crowfield 1700
Darmsden 790
Flowton 495
Gosbeck 1530
Great Blakenham 842
Great Bricett 916
Helmingham 2438
Hemingstone 1444
Henley 1233
Little Blakenham 1046
Mickfield 1300
Needham Market 3164
Nettlestead 1029
Offton 1530
Ringshall 2116
Somersham 1027
Stonham Aspal 2399
Stonham Earl 2521
Stonham Parva 1173
Swilland 951
Willisham 1030

References

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  1. ^ a b William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 221.
  2. ^ Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
  3. ^ 1841 Census

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