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'''Thingoe''' is a [[hundred]] in [[Suffolk]], situated in the west of the county. It is bounded by [[Risbridge]] to the south-west; by [[Lackford Hundred|Lackford]] to the north-west; by [[Blackbourn]] to the north-east; by [[Thedwestry]] to the east; and by [[Babergh]] to the south. Including those parts of [[Bury St Edmunds]] west of the River Lark, it had a population of 39,813 in 2011. | '''Thingoe''' is a [[hundred]] in [[Suffolk]], situated in the west of the county. It is bounded by [[Risbridge]] to the south-west; by [[Lackford Hundred|Lackford]] to the north-west; by [[Blackbourn]] to the north-east; by [[Thedwestry]] to the east; and by [[Babergh]] to the south. Including those parts of [[Bury St Edmunds]] west of the River Lark, it had a population of 39,813 in 2011. | ||
The name derives from the words ''thing'', a Norse word meaning "assembly", and ''howe'', again Norse, meaning detached hill or mound.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Place-names of Suffolk|author=Walter Skeat|date=1913|url=https://archive.org/stream/placenamesofsuff00skearich/placenamesofsuff00skearich_djvu.txt}}</ref> The probable original meeting place for the hundred was at Thingoe Hill in Bury St Edmunds. | |||
It contains the following ancient parishes: | It contains the following ancient parishes: | ||
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Additionally, those parts of Bury St Edmunds west of the River Lark are locally situate in Thingoe hundred. | Additionally, those parts of Bury St Edmunds west of the River Lark are locally situate in Thingoe hundred. | ||
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Revision as of 07:45, 26 June 2020
Thingoe is a hundred in Suffolk, situated in the west of the county. It is bounded by Risbridge to the south-west; by Lackford to the north-west; by Blackbourn to the north-east; by Thedwestry to the east; and by Babergh to the south. Including those parts of Bury St Edmunds west of the River Lark, it had a population of 39,813 in 2011.
The name derives from the words thing, a Norse word meaning "assembly", and howe, again Norse, meaning detached hill or mound.[1] The probable original meeting place for the hundred was at Thingoe Hill in Bury St Edmunds.
It contains the following ancient parishes:
Additionally, those parts of Bury St Edmunds west of the River Lark are locally situate in Thingoe hundred.
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Babergh • Blackbourn • Blything • Bosmere and Claydon • Carlford • Colneis • Cosford • Hartismere • Hoxne • Lackford • Loes • Mutford and Lothingland • Plomesgate • Risbridge • Samford • Stow • Thedwestry • Thingoe • Thredling • Wangford • Wilford |