Thredling was a

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...

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, 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

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. The hundred was bounded by Loes, Carlford,

Hoxne Hoxne ( ) is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles (8 km) east-southeast of Diss, Norfolk and south of the River Waveney. The parish is irregularly shaped, covering the villages of Hoxne, Cross Stree ...

, Hartismere and Bosmere and Claydon. The

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has its source here. It was one of seven

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hundreds grouped together as the Wicklaw Hundreds. The origin of the hundred's name is not known, though one theory derives it from "Thrythhild", known to be a female first name of the Saxon era.

Parishes

Thredling Hundred consisted of the following 5 parishes:1841 Census

References

{{Coord, 52.22, 1.18, type:adm3rd_dim:20000_region:GB-SFK, display=title Hundreds of Suffolk Wicklaw Hundreds