Hoxne 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...

, with an area of 55648 acres (225.2 km²).

Hoxne Hundred was a fertile district averaging about nine miles (14 km) in length and breadth. It was bounded on the north by the River Waveney

River Waveney

The Waveney is a river which forms the border between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, for much of its length within The Broads.-Course:The source of the River Waveney is a ditch on the east side of the B1113 road between the villages of Redgrave, Suffolk and South Lopham, Norfolk...

 which separates it from Norfolk, on the east by Wangford

Wangford (hundred)

Wangford was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .Wangford Hundred was an area of around twelve miles from west to east and five across. The River Waveney formed its northern border separating it from Norfolk...

 and Blything

Blything (hundred)

Blything was a hundred of eastern Suffolk, and with an area of was the largest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.The origins of the hundred centre around the ancient royal estate of Blythburgh, whose hall housed the hundred's central meeting place....

 Hundreds, on the south by Plomegate, 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...

 and Thredling

Thredling (hundred)

Thredling was a hundred of Suffolk, and at just under the smallest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.The five parishes of Thredling fall into the Deanery of Claydon, the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and the Diocese of Norwich. The hundred was bounded by Loes, Carlford, Hoxne, Hartismere and Bosmere and Claydon...

 Hundreds and on the west by 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....

 Hundred. The parishes of Carlton

Carlton, Suffolk

Carlton is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located one mile north of Saxmundham. The village is bordered by Kelsale in the north, the B1121 in the east and the A12 to the west....

 and Kelsale

Kelsale

Kelsale is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located approximately 1 mile north of Saxmundham town centre at the junction of the B1121 and the A12....

 form a detached region to the south east of the hundred.

The area is watered by several streams flowing northward to the Waveney. On its southern side are the sources of the River Alde

River Alde

The River Alde is a river in Suffolk, England, with a source near Laxfield in the same area as the River Blyth. Initially a stream, it becomes tidal and widens considerably when it reaches Snape. It meanders east past Aldeburgh, after which this part of the river was named...

 and near Laxfield

Laxfield

Laxfield is a small ancient village in northern Suffolk, England. It is located at a distinct bend in today's B1117 road.-History:Laxfield arose in Saxon times as it is known that an early church was there and the village itself appears in the Domesday Book...

 the principal source of the River Blythe

River Blythe

The Blythe is a river in the English Midlands which runs from Warwickshire, through the borough of Solihull and on to Coleshill. It runs along the Meriden Gap in the Midlands Plateau,...

. The soil is primarily loam

Loam

Loam is soil composed of sand, silt, and clay in relatively even concentration . Loam soils generally contain more nutrients and humus than sandy soils, have better infiltration and drainage than silty soils, and are easier to till than clay soils...

. The only town of any size is Stradbroke

Stradbroke

Stradbroke is a village in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It is in the Mid Suffolk District and part of the East of England Region of England. Stradbroke is near to the small Suffolk town of Eye and the larger Norfolk market town of Diss...

. It falls into the Deanery of Hoxne, 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...

.

Listed as Hoxana in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

, the hundred owes its name to the village of Hoxne

Hoxne

Hoxne is an anciently established village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles east-southeast of Diss, Norfolk and one-half mile south of the River Waveney...

, site of St Edmund's martyrdom, which in turn means "settlement of the Hoxan", believed to be a small Saxon tribe.

Parishes

Hoxne Hundred was made up of the following 26 parishes:

Parish	Area (acres)
Athelington Athelington Athelington is a hamlet and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about south-east from Diss. The name is derived from the Old English word Aetheling.-External links:it used to be thought to be the smallest parish in England...	488
Badingham Badingham Badingham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2007 it had an estimated population of 470....	3200
Bedfield Bedfield Bedfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England....	1269
Bedingfield Bedingfield Bedingfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England....	1754
Brundish Brundish Brundish is a village and civil parish in English county of Suffolk. The village is south-east of Stradbroke and north of Dennington in Mid Suffolk district. The B1118 runs through the village which had a population at the 2001 census of 192....	2077
Carlton Carlton, Suffolk Carlton is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located one mile north of Saxmundham. The village is bordered by Kelsale in the north, the B1121 in the east and the A12 to the west....	548
Denham Denham, Mid Suffolk Denham is a village and civil parish in northern Suffolk. Located approximately 3 miles east of Eye, it is within the district of Mid Suffolk. It shares its name with Denham , another Suffolk village....	1260
Dennington Dennington For the town in Victoria, Australia, see Dennington, VictoriaDennington is a small village in Suffolk, England, just north of Framlingham along the A1120 Bypass.-External links:* - village's local newspaper website...	3262
Fressingfield Fressingfield Fressingfield is a small village in Suffolk, England, east of Diss, Norfolk. It has a population of over 900, with two shops a medical centre and three churches, with Anglican, Baptist and Methodist congregations. Fressingfield once had five public houses...	4564
Horham Horham Horham is a village in the county of Suffolk, in the East Anglia region of eastern England, United Kingdom. The village contains a church, St. Mary of Horham. Horham is on the B1117 road, approximately halfway between Eye and Stradbroke.- History :...	1434
Hoxne Hoxne Hoxne is an anciently established village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles east-southeast of Diss, Norfolk and one-half mile south of the River Waveney...	4258
Kelsale Kelsale Kelsale is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located approximately 1 mile north of Saxmundham town centre at the junction of the B1121 and the A12....	3047
Laxfield Laxfield Laxfield is a small ancient village in northern Suffolk, England. It is located at a distinct bend in today's B1117 road.-History:Laxfield arose in Saxon times as it is known that an early church was there and the village itself appears in the Domesday Book...	3630
Mendham Mendham, Suffolk Mendham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the east bank of the River Waveney around a mile east of Harleston, in 2005 its population was 440. The parish includes the hamlets of Withersdale Street...	2200
Metfield Metfield Metfield is a village in Suffolk, England, but its name is derived from Medefeld or 'Meadow feld' . It is situated close to the border with Norfolk, being approximately 5 miles south east of Harleston and 7 miles north west of Halesworth...	2160
Monk Soham Monk Soham Monk Soham is a civil parish in the English county of Suffolk, four miles north east of Debenham and six miles north west of Framlingham.In 1868, the parish was recorded as "wholly agricultural"....	1569
Saxstead	1202
Southolt	799
Stradbroke Stradbroke Stradbroke is a village in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. It is in the Mid Suffolk District and part of the East of England Region of England. Stradbroke is near to the small Suffolk town of Eye and the larger Norfolk market town of Diss...	3634
Syleham Syleham Syleham is a small parish, next to the River Waveney in Suffolk, England, about six miles east of Diss.Its church, St Margaret, is one one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. The windmill was one of the casualties of the Great Storm of 1987....	1603
Tannington Tannington Tannington is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around ten miles south-east of Diss, in 2005 its population was 110....	1600
Weybread Weybread Weybread is a village in Suffolk, England.Its church, St. Andrew, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk.Also in Weybread there is a pub called The Weybread Crown....	2476
Wilby Wilby, Suffolk Wilby is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England located around miles south-east of Diss and south of Stradbroke along the B1118. The population of the parish at the 2001 census was 231 in 99 households.. The village has basic services including a...	1844
Wingfield Wingfield, Suffolk Wingfield is a village in the English county of Suffolk. It is found east of Diss, signposted off B1118, near Eye.Wingfield Castle, which is now a private house, was for many centuries the home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the De La Poles, Earls and Dukes of Suffolk...	2443
Withersdale	880
Worlingworth Worlingworth Worlingworth is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around ten miles south-east of Diss, in 2005 its population was 750....	2447

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...