Clavering hundred was a hundred – or geographical subdivision – comprising parishes and settlements in Essex and Norfolk. Hundreds were divisions of areas of land within

shire Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the beginn ...

s or counties for administrative and judicial purposes – and for the collection of taxes. In the '' Domesday Book'' of 1086, there were 27 places listed as part of the hundred. The two largest settlements within the hundred were

Raveningham Raveningham (pronounced "Ran-ing'm") is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about south-east of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 157 in 61 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing ...

, with 115.5 households - according to the Domesday Book - and Clavering, with 80 households. Clavering had the largest taxable value within the hundred. Clavering - geograph

Locations in Essex

* Bentfield Bury *

Berden Berden is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. Berden village is approximately north from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire and north-west from the county town of Chelmsford. Berden parish, with its own parish council, is in the d ...

* Bollington Hall * Clavering *

Farnham Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a trib ...

* Manuden * Peyton Hall * Pinchpools *

Ugley Ugley is a small village and civil parish in the non-metropolitan district of Uttlesford in Essex, England. It is about north from Stansted Mountfitchet, and situated between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford. Within the parish is the vill ...

* Pledgdon Hall St Andrew's church - geograph

Locations in Norfolk

Aldeby Aldeby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is bounded to the south by the River Waveney, on the other side of which is Suffolk. The village is about five miles (8 km) by road from Beccles. History The name Alde ...

* Ellingham * Gillingham *

Haddiscoe Haddiscoe is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk Non-metropolitan district, district of Norfolk, England, about southeast of Norwich. The parish is on the county boundary with Suffolk, about west-northwest of Lowestoft. The parish ...

* Hales *

Heckingham Heckingham is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about a mile east of Loddon. It covers an area of and had a population of 143 in 53 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 179 at the 2011 census. Church of St Gr ...

* Kirby Cane *

Norton Subcourse Norton Subcourse is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about south-west of Great Yarmouth. It covers an area of and had a population of 303 in 115 households at the 2001 census, reducing to a population of 298 in 119 ...

Stockton Stockton may refer to: Places Australia * Stockton, New South Wales * Stockton, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region New Zealand *Stockton, New Zealand United Kingdom *Stockton, Cheshire *Stockton, Norfolk *Stockton, Chirbu ...

Thurlton Thurlton is a small village in South Norfolk, located 14 miles (22 km) south-east of the city of Norwich, and 9 miles (15 km) west of the Suffolk coastal town of Lowestoft. The villages name means 'Thorferth's farm/settlement'. Thurl ...

Toft Monks Toft Monks is a village and parish in Norfolk, England. It is located on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk about eleven miles southwest of Great Yarmouth and four miles north of Beccles. In 2001, the parish is recorded as accommodating 324 peop ...

Wheatacre Wheatacre is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 112 in 43 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 118 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the ...

Four further Clavering hundred settlements in Norfolk - Ierpestuna, Naruestuna, Thurketeliart and Torvestuna - are also mentioned in the Domesday Book, however these names no longer exist and the sites can only be located approximately.

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{{Reflist Hundreds of Essex Hundreds of Norfolk

Locations in Essex

Locations in Norfolk

See also

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