Blything was a hundred of eastern Suffolk, and with an area of was the largest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.
The origins of the hundred centre on the ancient royal estate of Blythburgh, whose hall housed the hundred's central meeting place.
Listed as Blidinga in the Domesday Book, the hundred's name means "the people of the Blyth" a subgroup of the Iceni who populated the valleys of the River Blyth; the hundred corresponds closely to the drainage basin of the River Blyth together with other minor rivers. The name "Blyth" itself means 'blithe' or 'pleasant' and shares its name with a river in Northamptonshire, and one in Northumberland.
Blythburg Hundred Incorporation Blythburgh Hundred Incorpration was created by act of parliament in 1746.
Parishes
Blything Hundred consisted of the following parishes:1841 Census
Parish Area (acres)Aldringham628Benacre2576Blythburgh4111Blythford1373Bramfield2547Brampton1967Chediston2378Cookley1552Covehithe1524Cratfield2000Darsham1493Dunwich1334Easton Bavents260Frostenden1292Halesworth1420Henham1500Heveningham1900Henstead1920Hulverstreet293Holton1132Huntingfield2011Knodishall1731Leiston4966Linstead Magna1304Linstead Parva554Middleton cum Fordley2024Peasenhall1972Reydon2675Rumburgh1370Sibton2680Sotherton1084South Cove1198Southwold632Spexhall1482Stoven762Theberton2050Thorington1411Ubbeston1207Uggeshall1455Walberswick1771Walpole1624Wangford829Wenhaston2327Westhall2194Westleton6103Wissett2260Wrentham1280Yoxford2670
References
External links Blything Hundred: A study in the Development of Settlement, 400-1400 AD Blything Hundred wiki