It consisted of the land to the north, east and south east of Sudbury, the hundred's largest town, and its southern boundary forms the border with Essex. The majority of the land is rural.
It was listed as Baberga in the Domesday Book and the name is believed to mean "Mound of a man called Babba".[1]
The name derives from Babergh Heath, an area of land around the villages of Great and Little Waldingfield. The village of Great Waldingfield is home to Babergh Hall, the ancient meeting place of the hundred.[2]
Parishesedit
Suffolk hundreds
Babergh Hundred consisted of the following 33 parishes:[3]
babergh, hundred, babergh, hundred, suffolk, consisting, acres, name, survives, that, babergh, district, local, government, district, southern, suffolk, that, includes, former, hundred, well, those, cosford, samford, consisted, land, north, east, south, east, . Babergh was a hundred of Suffolk consisting of 71 882 acres 290 90 km2 Its name survives in that of Babergh District the local government district of southern Suffolk that includes the former hundred as well as those of Cosford and Samford It consisted of the land to the north east and south east of Sudbury the hundred s largest town and its southern boundary forms the border with Essex The majority of the land is rural It was listed as Baberga in the Domesday Book and the name is believed to mean Mound of a man called Babba 1 The name derives from Babergh Heath an area of land around the villages of Great and Little Waldingfield The village of Great Waldingfield is home to Babergh Hall the ancient meeting place of the hundred 2 Parishes edit nbsp Suffolk hundredsBabergh Hundred consisted of the following 33 parishes 3 Parish Area acres Acton 2729Alpheton 1212Assington 2974Boxford 1802Boxted 1367Brent Eleigh 1625Bures St Mary 2542Cavendish 3393Chilton 868Cockfield 3626Edwardstone 1872Glemsford 2293Great Cornard 1550Great Waldingfield 2424Groton 1572Hartest 1964Lavenham 2812Lawshall 2907Little Cornard 1600Little Waldingfield 1700Long Melford 5186Milden 1332Monks Eleigh 2099Nayland 942Newton 2198Polstead 3402Preston 1970Shimpling 2699Somerton 1040Stanstead 1162Stoke by Nayland 4600Sudbury 1250Wiston 1170References edit A D Mills 2003 A Dictionary of British Place Names Little Waldingfield Conservation Area PDF Babergh District Council Archived from the original PDF on 13 June 2011 1841 Census 52 04 N 0 47 E 52 06 N 0 79 E 52 06 0 79 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Babergh Hundred amp oldid 1058961071, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
