Colneis is 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 16712 acres (67.6 km²).

Running from the south-east outskirts of Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

 to the North Sea

North Sea

In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

 coast, the hundred is made up of the land between the estuaries of the rivers Orwell

River Orwell

The River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England. Its source river, above the tidal limit at Stoke Bridge, is known as the River Gipping. It broadens into an estuary at Ipswich where the Ipswich dock has operated since the 7th century and then flows into the North Sea at Felixstowe...

 and 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...

. It is one of the smallest in Suffolk, being only about four miles (6 km) wide and ten miles (16 km) long between its border with Carlford Hundred

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...

 and the cliffs at Felixstowe

Felixstowe

Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK...

. It lies within the Colneis Deanery, in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk.

Listed as Colneyse in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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, the origin of the name is not known for sure, though the suffix -ness, meaning "headland" seems probable. The col may be the old name of the Deben before its renaming after 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...

.

The name survives as that of a Junior School in Felixstowe.

Parishes

Colneis Hundred consists of the following 10 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Bucklesham Bucklesham Bucklesham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, a few miles east of Ipswich.The village pub is The Shannon, named after Admiral Brooke's ship....	1800
Falkenham Falkenham Falkenham is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located near the village of Kirton and the towns of Ipswich and Felixtowe. The parish contains the hamlets of Falkenham Sink and Lower Falkenham. The village has a church called St...	1550
Felixstowe Felixstowe Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK...	1170
Hemley Hemley Hemley is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located near the River Deben. Nearby settlements include the large town of Ipswich and the villages of Waldringfield and Newbourne. Hemley has a place of worship...	1155
Kirton Kirton, Suffolk Kirton is a village and a civil parish in Suffolk, England, situated off the A14 road, close to Felixstowe....	1929
Levington Levington Levington is a small village in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the county of Suffolk. Levington has a church called St Peters Church and a pub. It is near the large town of Ipswich and the village of Nacton. A viking ship was once found in Levington....	1660
Nacton Nacton Nacton is a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal region of Suffolk, England, taking its name from the village within it. The parish is bounded by the neighbouring parishes of Levington to the east and Bucklesham in the north. It is located between the towns of Ipswich and Felixstowe.Nacton abuts...	2380
Trimley St Martin	1200
Trimley St Mary	1868
Walton Walton, Suffolk Walton is a small village in Suffolk, between the rivers Orwell and Deben. It is often confused as being part of Felixstowe, although it is a separate village and is mentioned in the Domesday Book...	2000

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...