Thredling 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...

, and at just under 10000 acres (40.5 km²) the smallest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.

The five parishes of Thredling fall into the Deanery of Claydon

Claydon, Suffolk

Claydon is a small village just north of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The meaning of the name is 'clay-on-the-hill', though it is not much of a hill....

, the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and 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...

. The hundred was bounded by Loes

Loes (hundred)

Loes was a hundred of Suffolk, with an area of .Loes Hundred was long and thin in shape, around long and between 2 and wide. It followed the course of the River Deben from Cretingham to Ufford where it crossed Wilford Hundred to Woodbridge where it widened considerably...

, Carlford

Carlford (hundred)

Carlford is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .Carford Hundred is of an irregular figure about ten miles in length and from four to six miles wide. It is bounded on the south by Colneis Hundred, on the east by Wilford Hundred and the River Deben, on the north by Loes Hundred and on the west by...

, Hoxne

Hoxne (hundred)

Hoxne was a hundred of Suffolk, with an area of .Hoxne Hundred was a fertile district averaging about nine miles in length and breadth. It was bounded on the north by the River Waveney which separates it from Norfolk, on the east by Wangford and Blything Hundreds, on the south by Plomegate, Loes...

, 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....

 and 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...

. The River Deben

River Deben

The River Deben is a river in Suffolk rising in Debenham -to be precise it has two main sources but the others are mostly fields runoff then , passes through Woodbridge, turning into a tidal estuary before entering the North Sea at Felixstowe Ferry...

 has its source here.

The origin of the hundred's name is not known, though one theory derives it from "Thrythhild", known to be a female first name of the Saxon era.

Parishes

Thredling Hundred consisted of the following 5 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Ashfield-cum-Thorpe Ashfield, Suffolk Ashfield or Ashfield cum Thorpe is a village in Suffolk, England.* News of Ashfield at Note: this is a duplicate of Ashfield cum Thorpe, which is the full name of the village....	1565
Debenham Debenham Debenham is a large village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in Eastern England. In the 2001 census the population recorded was 1,728...	3271
Framsden Framsden Framsden village is north of Ipswich and south of the small market town of Debenham, Suffolk.The B1077 runs through the west of the Parish and the A1120 cuts across the north of the Parish....	2837
Pettaugh Pettaugh Pettaugh is a village located within the district council area of Mid Suffolk, England.Pettaugh is a small village of a little over 200 inhabitants in 85 households, 10 miles north of Ipswich and 2½ miles south of Debenham, in the beautiful county of Suffolk...	795
Winston Winston, Suffolk Winston is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around eight miles east of Stowmarket, in 2005 its population was 160. The parish also contains the villages of Winston Green and Fenn Street. There is a church and an old school room, and every...	1470

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...