Thingoe
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:
- Barrow
- Brockley
- Chevington
- Flempton
- Fornham All Saints
- Great Saxham
- Hardwick (ex. par.)
- Hargrave and Southwell Park (ex. par.)*
- Hawstead
- Hengrave
- Hormingsheath
- Ickworth
- Lackford
- Little Saxham
- Nowton
- Rede
- Risby
- Westley
- Whepstead
*: Southwell Park is locally in Risbridge hundred.
Additionally, those parts of Bury St Edmunds west of the River Lark are locally situate in Thingoe hundred.
References
| Hundreds of Suffolk |
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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 |