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Clavering hundred

Geographical subdivision in England

Summary

Geographical subdivision in England

Clavering hundred was a hundred – or geographical subdivision – comprising parishes and settlements in Essex and Norfolk. Hundreds were divisions of areas of land within shires or counties for administrative and judicial purposes – and for the collection of taxes.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, there were 27 places listed as part of the hundred. The two largest settlements within the hundred were Raveningham, with 115.5 households - according to the Domesday Book - and Clavering, with 80 households. Clavering had the largest taxable value within the hundred.

Locations in Essex

Bentfield Bury
Berden
Bollington Hall
Clavering
Farnham
Manuden
Peyton Hall
Pinchpools
Ugley
Pledgdon Hall

St Andrew's Church]] in the village of Raveningham - once the largest settlement in Clavering hundred

Locations in Norfolk

Aldeby
Ellingham
Gillingham
Haddiscoe
Hales
Heckingham
Kirby Cane
Norton Subcourse
Raveningham
Stockton
Thurlton
Toft Monks
Wheatacre

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.

References

"Hundred of Clavering | Domesday Book". Domesdaymap.co.uk.
"Administrative Units Typology | Status definition: Hundred". Vision of Britain.
"Clavering | Domesday Book". Domesdaymap.co.uk.

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