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Thedwestry Hundred - Suffolk
Thedwastre can refer to: * "Theodward's tree", a supposed historic tree in Thurston, Suffolk * Thedwastre Hundred, a defunct hundred of the ceremonial county of Suffolk, named for the tree * Thedwastre Rural District, a defunct rural district in the administrative county of West Suffolk, named after the hundred {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston, Suffolk
Thurston is a village and a parish in Suffolk situated about east of Bury St Edmunds and west of Stowmarket. In mid-2005, Thurston's estimated population was 3,260, making it one of the larger communities in the area, falling slightly to 3,232 at the 2011 Census. Thurston railway station opened in 1846 and is still operating today. The village also has a frequent bus service to neighbouring towns, including Bury St Edmunds. The village is located under from the A14 and under from the M11 motorway. History The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as having a population of 66 households. It was part of the lands of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, then one of the largest landlords in England. Thurston was located in the middle of Thedwastre Hundred, an administrative district in the Middle Ages. The village sign depicts a tree, representing "Theodwards’s tree". This tree may have been the meeting place of the Hundred Court in Thedwastre Road, Thurston. By the 1870s, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thedwastre Hundred
Thedwastre (also Thedwestry) was a hundred (subdivision), hundred of the county of Suffolk, England covering an area of . It formed part of the Liberty of Saint Edmund, under the jurisdiction of the abbots of Bury St Edmunds. The hundred is about in length and wide. It is bounded on the west by the borough of Bury St Edmunds and Thingoe (hundred), Thingoe Hundred, on the north and east by Blackbourn (hundred), Blackbourn and Stow (hundred), Stow Hundreds, and on the south by Cosford (hundred), Cosford and Babergh (hundred), Babergh Hundreds. It is a fertile district with undulating terrain, and watered by streams which rise within its limits and feed the rivers River Thet, Thet, River Gipping, Gipping, River Lark, Lark and River Brett, Brett. It is in the Deanery of Thedwestry, the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, the Diocese of Ely and Liberty of St Edmund. It contains no town of any size, but Bury and Ixworth are on its borders. Listed as ''Theivardestreu'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
