Colneis is a

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, consisting of . Running from the south-east outskirts of

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to the

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coast, the hundred is made up of the land between the estuaries of the rivers

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and Deben. It is one of the smallest in Suffolk, being only about wide and long between its border with

Carlford Hundred Carlford is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of . Carford Hundred is of an irregular figure about in length and from four to wide. It is bounded on the south by Colneis Hundred, on the east by Wilford Hundred and the River Deben, on the north ...

and the cliffs at

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. It lies within the Colneis Deanery, in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk. It was one of seven

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hundreds grouped together as the Wicklaw Hundreds. Listed as ''Colneyse'' in the

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, the origin of the name is not known for sure, though the suffix ''-ness'', meaning "headland" seems probable. The ''col'' may be the old name of the Deben before its renaming after

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. The name survives as that of a Junior School in Felixstowe.

Parishes

Colneis Hundred consists of the following 10 parishes:1841 Census

References

Hundreds of Suffolk Wicklaw Hundreds {{Suffolk-geo-stub