Clavering hundred was a hundred – or geographical subdivision – comprising parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

es and settlements in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

 and Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

. Hundreds were divisions of areas of land within shire

Shire

A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom and in Australia. In parts of Australia, a shire is an administrative unit, but it is not synonymous with "county" there, which is a land registration unit. Individually, or as a suffix in Scotland and in the far...

s or counties

County

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 for administrative and judicial purposes – and for the collection of taxes.

In the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 of 1086, there were 27 places listed as part of the hundred. The two largest settlements within the hundred were Raveningham

Raveningham

Raveningham is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about 13 miles south-east of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 157 in 61 households as of the 2001 census....

, with 115.5 households - according to the Domesday Book - and Clavering

Clavering, Essex

Clavering is a village and also a parish in north-west Essex in England. The name 'Clavering' means 'place where clover grows'.-Location and local area:...

, with 80 households. Clavering had the largest taxable value within the hundred.

Locations in Essex

• Bentfield Bury
  Bentfield Bury
  Bentfield Bury is a small community in Essex, England. It is one of over 100 villages in the district of Uttlesford and is within Stansted Mountfitchet parish. Nearby towns include Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford....
  
  
• Berden
  Berden
  Berden is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located north from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and is northwest from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Uttlesford and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden...
  
  
• Bollington Hall
• Clavering
  Clavering, Essex
  Clavering is a village and also a parish in north-west Essex in England. The name 'Clavering' means 'place where clover grows'.-Location and local area:...
  
  
• Farnham
  Farnham, Essex
  Farnham is a small village in Essex, England, situated near Bishop's Stortford. The main features are the primary school, the church and the Three Horseshoes pub in Hazel End, which some consider a hamlet in its own right. The population is approximately 300...
  
  
• Manuden
  Manuden
  Manuden is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is located north of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and is northwest of the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the district of Uttlesford and in the parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden...
  
  
• Peyton Hall
• Pinchpools
• Ugley
  Ugley
  Ugley is a small hamlet in the non-metropolitan district of Uttlesford in Essex, England. It is about a mile north of Stansted Mountfitchet, and located between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford....
  
  
• Pledgdon Hall

Locations in Norfolk

• Aldeby
  Aldeby
  Aldeby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is bounded to the south by the River Waveney, on the other side of which is Suffolk. The village is about five miles by road from Beccles....
  
  
• Ellingham
  Ellingham, Norfolk
  Ellingham is a civil parish in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 532 in 238 households as of the 2001 census. It lies approximately from Bungay and from Beccles....
  
  
• Gillingham
  Gillingham, Norfolk
  Gillingham is a small village located just off the A146 in South Norfolk, about 1 mile north of the market town of Beccles. The full name of the parish is Gillingham All Saints and St Mary...
  
  
• Haddiscoe
  Haddiscoe
  Haddiscoe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 30 km south-east of the city of Norwich, but only 10 km west of the Suffolk town of Lowestoft.The civil parish has an area of...
  
  
• Hales
  Hales
  Hales is a small village in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 479 in 192 households as of the 2001 census.-Church of St Margaret:...
  
  
• Heckingham
  Heckingham
  Heckingham is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile east of Loddon. It covers an area of and had a population of 143 in 53 households as of the 2001 census.-Church of St Gregory:...
  
  
• Kirby Cane
  Kirby Cane
  Kirby Cane is a village and civil parish situated two miles northwest of Beccles in Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 375 in 152 households as of the 2001 census.-Church of All Saints:...
  
  
• Norton Subcourse
  Norton Subcourse
  Norton Subcourse is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about 9 miles south-west of Great Yarmouth. It covers an area of and had a population of 303 in 115 households as of the 2001 census....
  
  
• Raveningham
  Raveningham
  Raveningham is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about 13 miles south-east of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 157 in 61 households as of the 2001 census....
  
  
• Stockton
  Stockton, Norfolk
  Stockton is a small village in Norfolk, England near the A146, just over 2 miles from Beccles. It covers an area of and had a population of 59 in 25 households as of the 2001 census....
  
  
• Thurlton
  Thurlton
  The village should not be confused with Thurton which is 6 miles to the west.Thurlton is a small village in South Norfolk, located 14 miles south-east of the city of Norwich, and 9 miles west of the Suffolk coastal town of Lowestoft.Thurlton is on the edge of the Broadland marshes to the south...
  
  
• Toft Monks
  Toft Monks
  Toft Monks is a village and parish in Norfolk, England. It is located on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk about eleven miles southwest of Great Yarmouth and four miles north of Beccles....
  
  
• Wheatacre
  Wheatacre
  Wheatacre is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.It covers an area of and had a population of 112 in 43 households as of the 2001 census.For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk....
  
  

Four further Clavering hundred settlements in Norfolk - Ierpestuna, Naruestuna, Thurketeliart and Torvestuna - are also mentioned in the Domesday Book, however these names no longer exist and the sites can only be located approximately.

See also

List of Essex Hundreds in 1844

Hundreds of Norfolk

Hundreds of Norfolk

Between Anglo-Saxon times and the nineteenth century Norfolk was divided for administrative purposes into hundreds, plus the boroughs of Norwich, King's Lynn, Thetford and Great Yarmouth...