Thedwastre Hundred
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Thedwastre Hundred was a historic subdivision of the county of Suffolk, England. It formed part of the Liberty of St Edmund, under the jurisdiction of the abbots of Bury St Edmunds.
By the nineteenth century, the hundred comprised twenty-four parishes:
- Ampton
- Beyton
- Bradfield Combust
- Bradfield St Clare
- Bradfield St George
- Drinkstone
- Felsham
- Fornham St Genevieve
- Fornham St Martin
- Gedding
- Great Barton
- Great Livermere
- Great Welnetham
- Hessett
- Little Welnetham
- Pakenham
- Rattlesden
- Rougham
- Rushbrooke
- Stanningfield
- Thurston
- Timworth
- Tostock
- Woolpit[1]
[edit] References
- ^ F.A. Youngs Jr., Guide to the Administrative Units of England, Vol.1: Southern England, London, 1979