Loes Hundred

Loes was a hundred of Suffolk, with an area of 31,321 acres (126.75 km2).[1][2]

Loes Hundred was long and thin in shape, around 15 miles (24 km) long and between 2 and 6 miles (9.7 km) wide. It followed the course of the River Deben from Cretingham to Ufford where it crossed Wilford Hundred to Woodbridge where it widened considerably. The town and port of Woodbridge fell within the hundred but was detached from the main part by about three miles (5 km). Loes was bounded on the east by Plomesgate Hundred, on the north by Hoxne Hundred, and on the west and south west by Thredling, Carlford and Wilford Hundreds. It was one of seven Saxon hundreds grouped together as the Wicklaw Hundreds.[3]

The area is a picturesque district of hill and valley watered by the Deben, the River Ore and their tributary streams, and the loamy soil is well suited to barley, wheat and beans.

Listed as Losa in the Domesday Book, the name "Loes" probably indicates that it was originally owned by a man named Hlossa.[4]

Parishes
Suffolk hundreds
Suffolk hundreds

Loes Hundred consisted of the following 18 parishes:[1][5]

Parish Area (acres)
Brandeston1196
Butley2000
Campsey Ash1814
Charsfield1290
Cretingham1639
Earl Soham1945
Easton1462
Eyke2800
Hacheston1727
Framlingham4528
Hoo1164
Kenton1210
Kettleburgh1400
Letheringham1100
Marlesford1268
Monewden1063
Rendlesham2065
Woodbridge1650

The parishes of Woodbridge and Kenton are in a detached section of the hundred, which also includes small parts of Bredfield and Dallinghoo that are predominantly in Wilford Hundred.

References
  1. William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 178.
  2. Open Domesday Online: Loose
  3. Williamson, Tom (2018). "New Light on Rendlesham". The Historian. The Historical Association (139).
  4. Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
  5. 1841 Census

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