Stow was a hundred of Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, consisting of 22710 acres (91.9 km²).

Stow Hundred a fertile and picturesque district in central Suffolk around seven miles (11 km) in length and breadth. It is bounded by Cosford

Cosford (hundred)

Cosford was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .The hundred consisted of Hadleigh, the only town of any size, and seventeen other parishes in western Suffolk. The area is undulating and agriculturally-fertile with clay soil, watered by the River Brett and its tributary streams...

, Bosmere and Claydon

Bosmere-and-Claydon (hundred)

Bosmere and Claydon was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .The hundred is a fertile and picturesque district varying from 8 to about 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...

, Thedwestry, Blackbourn

Blackbourn (hundred)

Blackbourn was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .Blackbourn hundred was situated in the north-west of Suffolk. Its northern boundary is the Little Ouse forming the border with Norfolk, and the River Lark forms part of its western boundary....

 and Hartismere

Hartismere (hundred)

Hartismere was a hundred of Suffolk, that later gave its name to a poor law union, a rural sanitary district, and the Hartismere Rural District....

 Hundreds. It is in the Deanery to which it gives name and was in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury

Sudbury, Suffolk

Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, from Colchester and from London.-Early history:...

 until 1837 when it was added to the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and is thus still in the Diocese of Norwich

Norwich

Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...

. It is watered by the River Gipping

River Gipping

The River Gipping is the source river for the River Orwell in the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, England, which gave its name to the former Gipping Rural District and the village of Gipping....

.

The word "stow" means place, as in "stow away", and the name of the hundred was probably derived from an old name for Stowmarket

Stowmarket

-See also:* Stowmarket Town F.C.* Stowmarket High School-External links:* * * * *...

, the hundred's largest town.

Parishes

Stow Hundred consisted of the following 14 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Buxhall Buxhall Buxhall is a village and a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The nearest town is Stowmarket. It is home to public house, Buxhall Windmill, and a village recreation ground with children's play area....	2524
Combs Combs, Suffolk Combs is a hamlet in the English county of Suffolk. It is located directly to the south of Stowmarket, with a half-mile of glacial valley known locally as 'Slough'.-History:...	3000
Creeting	1336
Gipping Gipping Gipping is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around three miles north north-east of Stowmarket, in 2005 its population was 80....	900
Great Finborough Great Finborough Great Finborough is a rural village in Suffolk, England about south west of Stowmarket and near one of the sources of the River Gipping. It has a population of 755....	1632
Harleston Harleston Harleston may refer to:*Harleston, Devon*Harleston, Norfolk*Harleston, Suffolk...	620
Haughley Haughley Haughley is a village in the English county of Suffolk.-External links:*...	2700
Little Finborough Little Finborough Little Finborough is a small village in Suffolk, England about south-west of Stowmarket.-References:* William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk, and the Towns Near Its Borders .-External links:* * Images of England...	360
Old Newton Old Newton Old Newton is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located within the civil parish of Old Newton with Dagworth, the village is situated around two miles north of Stowmarket, to the east of the junction of the Great Eastern Main Line and the Ipswich to Ely Line. Until...	2349
Onehouse Onehouse Onehouse is a small village in the English county of Suffolk, about 3 miles west from the centre of Stowmarket near to the Golf Club.Recorded in Domesday variously as "Aneus", "Anehus" "Anuhus" and "Anhus" , today it is mainly modern housing for commuters with a few scattered older buildings. was...	866
Shelland Shelland Shelland is a small village located just off the A14, 4 miles west of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England.Shelland consists of roughly 10 houses, a church and Shelland Green.Shelland is the second smallest village in suffolk, after the village of Shelly....	509
Stowmarket Stowmarket -See also:* Stowmarket Town F.C.* Stowmarket High School-External links:* * * * *...	1240
Stowupland Stowupland Stowupland is a small village east of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. Stowupland High School is found in the village.Stowupland is centred around several village greens and was the winner of the Suffolk "Village of the Year" competition in 2006...	2890
Wetherden Wetherden Wetherden is a village in the county of Suffolk, England.Recorded in the Domesday book as 'Watdena' or 'Wederdena'The village has an estimated population of 540....	1784

See also

• Hundreds of Suffolk
  Hundreds of Suffolk
  The county of Suffolk was divided into hundreds between Saxon times and the 19th century, when they were replaced for administrative purposes by districts.In 1831 the county was subdivided into twenty-one hundreds and three municipal boroughs...