Bosmere and Claydon was a

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of Suffolk, consisting of . The hundred is a fertile and picturesque district varying from 8 to about in length and breadth. It is bounded on the south by the Borough of

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and

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, on the west by Cosford and

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Hundreds on the north by

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and Thredling Hundreds and on the east by Carlford Hundred. It falls in the Deaneries of Bosmere and Claydon in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk and Diocese of

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. Its clay soil has long been associated with agriculture, and is suited to grain production. It is crossed by the

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which becomes the

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at Ipswich on becoming an estuary. Its main settlement is the town of

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. The hundred's name is taken from the parish of Claydon which falls within its bounds, and Bosmere, originally "Bosa's mere", a small lake near Needham Market in the grounds of Bosmere Hall.

Parishes

Bosmere and Claydon Hundred consisted of the following 33 parishes:1841 Census

References

{{Authority control Hundreds of Suffolk