Clavering hundred
Clavering hundred was a hundred – or geographical subdivision – comprising parishes and settlements in Essex and Norfolk.[1] Hundreds were divisions of areas of land within shires or counties for administrative and judicial purposes – and for the collection of taxes.[2]
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.[3]
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Locations in Essex
- Bentfield Bury
- Berden
- Bollington Hall
- Clavering
- Farnham
- Manuden
- Peyton Hall
- Pinchpools
- Ugley
- Pledgdon Hall
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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. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- "Administrative Units Typology | Status definition: Hundred". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
- "Clavering | Domesday Book". Domesdaymap.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-02-24.