Thingoe was a hundred of Suffolk

Suffolk

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, consisting of 31850 acres (128.9 km²).

One of the smaller 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...

, around 9 miles (14.5 km) wide and 11 miles (17.7 km) long, Thingoe contained the borough of Bury St Edmunds on its eastern border, though the town was considered a separate jurisdiction. The remainder of the hundred consisted of the land to the west of Bury St Edmunds. The River Lark

River Lark

The River Lark is a river in England, which crosses the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. It is a tributary of the River Great Ouse, and was extended when that river was re-routed as part of drainage improvements. It is thought to have been used for navigation since Roman times, and...

 rises in the hundred, flowing north to the River Little Ouse

River Little Ouse

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.

The name derives from the words thing, a Norse word meaning "assembly", and howe, again Norse, meaning detached hill or mound.

Parishes

Thingoe Hundred consisted of the following 18 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Barrow Barrow, Suffolk -External links:Hidden East Anglia:Landscape Legends of Norfolk & Suffolk http://www.hiddenea.com/suffolkb.htm...	2810
Brockley Brockley Brockley is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Lewisham. It is situated south-east of Charing Cross.It is covered by the London postcode districts SE4 and SE14.-History:...	1080
Chevington	2240
Flempton Flempton Flempton is a village in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England. It is on the A1101 road from Bury St Edmunds.The East of England Regional Assembly is based in Flempton House. The village pub is The Greyhound on The Green...	720
Fornham All Saints Fornham All Saints Fornham All Saints is a small settlement in Suffolk, England in the St_Edmundsbury area. It is north-northwest of the town of Bury St Edmunds and 500m west of Fornham_St_Genevieve....	2200
Great Saxham Great Saxham Great Saxham is a village in Suffolk, England. The village appears as Sexham in the Domesday Book, and Saxham Magna in 1254....	1670
Hargrave Hargrave, Suffolk Hargrave is a village in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England, about 7 miles south west of Bury St Edmunds. Lying at the crossroads from Ousden and Lady's Green and Chevington...	1870
Hawstead	1980
Hengrave Hengrave Hengrave is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is near the town of Bury St Edmunds....	1000
Horningsheath	1780
Ickworth Ickworth Ickworth is a small village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the A143 around a mile and a half south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 30....	1350
Lackford Lackford Lackford is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around four miles north-west of Bury St Edmunds on the A1101, in 2005 it had a population of 270....	2470
Little Saxham Little Saxham Little Saxham is a small village in Suffolk, England. The village appears as Sexham in the Domesday Book and as Saxham Parva in 1254.Its church, St Nicholas, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk...	1300
Nowton Nowton Nowton is a small village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the southern edge of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 140....	1320
Rede Rede, Suffolk Rede is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 160....	1310
Risby	2620
Westley Westley, Suffolk Westley is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the western outskirts of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 180....	680
Whepstead	3450

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...