Bosmere-and-Claydon Hundred

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

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
Suffolk hundreds

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

Parish Area (acres)
Akenham1060
Ashbocking1383
Badley1050
Barham1800
Battisford1542
Baylham1332
Bramford3247
Claydon951
Coddenham2719
Creeting All Saints1286
Creeting St Mary1441
Creeting St Olave388
Crowfield1700
Darmsden790
Flowton495
Gosbeck1530
Great Blakenham842
Great Bricett916
Helmingham2438
Hemingstone1444
Henley1233
Little Blakenham1046
Mickfield1300
Needham Market3164
Nettlestead1029
Offton1530
Ringshall2116
Somersham1027
Stonham Aspal2399
Stonham Earl2521
Stonham Parva1173
Swilland951
Willisham1030

References
  1. 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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