Cosford 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...

, consisting of 30712 acres (124.3 km²).

The hundred consisted of Hadleigh, the only town of any size, and seventeen other parishes in western Suffolk. The area is undulating and agriculturally-fertile with clay soil, watered by the River Brett and its tributary streams. It is about twelve miles (19 km) in length from north to south and around five wide, and is bounded by the Hundreds of Samford

Samford (hundred)

Samford was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of . It was situated to the south and south west of Ipswich.The hundred was bounded by the River Orwell to the east, Essex to the south, the River Brett to the west, and the parish boundaries of Burstall, Hintlesham and Sproughton to the...

, Babergh

Babergh (hundred)

Babergh was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of . Its name survives in that of Babergh, the local government district of southern Suffolk that includes the former hundred as well as those of Cosford and Samford....

, Thedwestry, Stow

Stow (hundred)

Stow was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .Stow Hundred a fertile and picturesque district in central Suffolk around seven miles in length and breadth. It is bounded by Cosford, Bosmere and Claydon, Thedwestry, Blackbourn and Hartismere Hundreds...

 and Bosmere and Claydon.

Cosford was in Coxford Union in the Liberty of St Edmund and in the Deanery and Archdeaconry of Sudbury

Sudbury, Suffolk

Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, from Colchester and from London.-Early history:...

. The area was until the nineteenth century part of the diocese of Norwich

Norwich

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 until it was moved to that of Ely

Diocese of Ely

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. Hadleigh itself however is a peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop of Canterbury

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Listed as Cursforde in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 and subsequently known for a period as Corsford or Corsforth, the name Cosford means "ford of the river Cors or Corsa".

Parishes

Cosford Hundred consisted of the following 17 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Aldham Aldham, Suffolk Aldham is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around eight miles west of Ipswich, in 2005 it had a population of 200....	1715
Bildeston Bildeston Bildeston is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around north of Hadleigh, in 2005 it had a population of 960.-History:According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is Bild's homestead....	1240
Brettenham Brettenham, Suffolk Brettenham is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. In 2005 it had a population of 270.Almost the entire built-up area is defined as a conservation area, and the parish also contains some ancient woodland at Ram's Wood. The village is home to independent prep...	1550
Chelsworth Chelsworth Chelsworth is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located on the B1115 road, 10miles either way between Sudbury and Stowmarket. It is part of Babergh district...	860
Elmsett Elmsett Elmsett is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around three miles north-east of Hadleigh, it is in Babergh district. In 2005 it had a population of 826.-History:...	1974
Hadleigh	4288
Hadleigh hamlet†	610
Hitcham Hitcham, Suffolk Hitcham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located on the B1115 road, between Hadleigh and Stowmarket, it is part of Babergh district. The parish contains the hamlets of Bird Street, Cook's Green and Cross Green....	4056
Kersey Kersey, Suffolk Kersey is a village and a civil parish in the Babergh district in Suffolk, in the east of England. The main street has a ford across a stream. Its principal claim to fame is that a coarse woollen cloth called Kersey cloth takes its name from it...	1510
Kettlebaston Kettlebaston Kettlebaston, is a village and a civil parish with just over 30 inhabitants, in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England located around east of Lavenham. It derives its name from Kitelbeornastuna, , later evolving to Kettlebarston, , and finally to the current spelling...	1006
Layham Layham Layham is a small village and a civil parish in southern Suffolk, England, situated between the town of Hadleigh and the neighbouring village of Raydon.The civil parish contains the villages of Upper Layham and Lower Layham, separated by the River Brett...	2489
Lindsey Lindsey, Suffolk Lindsey is a small village and a civil parish, located in mid-to-south Suffolk, under the purview of Babergh District Council.- Lindsey Parish make-up :...	1246
Naughton Naughton Naughton is an Irish gaelic surname derived from the name Ó Neachtain meaning 'descendent of the waters'. A Sept of the Dal gCais of the same stock as Quinn and Hartigan where located in Inchiquin Barony, Co. Clare....	854
Nedging Nedging Nedging is a village on the B1115 road, in the civil parish of Nedging-with-Naughton, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The nearest town is Hadleigh. There is also the hamlet of Nedging Tye nearby....	810
Semer Semer Semer is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located adjacent to a bridge over the River Brett on the B1115 between Hadleigh and Stowmarket, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also contains the hamlets of Ash Street and Drakestone Green.Semer Wood, a designated wildlife...	1206
Thorpe Morieux Thorpe Morieux Thorpe Morieux is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located in Babergh district, the parish contains the hamlets of Thorpe Green and Almshouses Green, as well as Great Hastings Wood , which is classified as Ancient Woodland.-External links:* Suffolk Churches...	2428
Wattisham Wattisham Wattisham is a civil parish near to the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England.-Wattisham Airfield:The village houses an airbase. Formerly known as RAF Wattisham, it was one of the front-line airbases in the Cold War. The RAF moved out in March 1993 and it is now the largest Army Air Corps airfield...	1299
Whatfield Whatfield Whatfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around two miles north of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district. The Calves Wood, a County Wldlife Site in the north of the parish is classed as Ancient Woodland, whilst the parish's south-western border is delineated by the...	1571

†Hadleigh hamlet is a separate township and part of Boxford

Boxford, Suffolk

Boxford is a large village and a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around six miles east of Sudbury straddling the River Box and skirted by the Holbrook, in 2005 it had a population of 1,270.-History:...

 parish in Babergh hundred

Babergh (hundred)

Babergh was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of . Its name survives in that of Babergh, the local government district of southern Suffolk that includes the former hundred as well as those of Cosford and Samford....

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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...