Place:Babergh Hundred, Suffolk, England

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NameBabergh Hundred
TypeHundred
Coordinates52.06°N 0.79°E
Located inSuffolk, England
Image:Suffolk_Hundreds 4in wide.png :the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

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 of 1086 and the name is believed to mean "Mound of a man called Babba".

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.

Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Acton parish
Alpheton parish
Assington parish
Ballingdon chapelry, civil parish located in Essex until 1896
Boxted parish
Brent Eleigh parish
Bures St. Mary parish named Bures until 1866
Cavendish parish
Chilton parish
Cockfield parish
Edwardstone parish
Glemsford parish
Great Cornard parish
Great Waldingfield parish
Groton parish
Hartest parish
Lavenham parish
Lawshall parish
Little Cornard parish
Little Waldingfield parish
Long Melford parish
Milden parish
Monks Eleigh parish
Nayland chapelry, parish
Nayland with Wissington parish
Newton near Sudbury parish
Polstead parish
Preston parish also known as Preston St. Mary
Shimpling parish
Somerton parish
Stanstead parish
Stoke by Nayland parish
Wissington parish
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