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Loes was a hundred of Suffolk, with an area of 31,321 acres (126.75 km2).
Loes Hundred was long and thin in shape, around 15 miles (24 km) long and between 2 and 6 miles (9.7 km) wide. It followed the course of the River Deben from Cretingham to Ufford where the river crossed Wilford Hundred to Woodbridge and widened considerably. The town and port of Woodbridge fell within the hundred but was detached from the main part by about three miles (5 km). Loes was bounded on the east by Plomesgate Hundred, on the north by Hoxne Hundred, and on the west and southwest by Thredling, Carlford and Wilford Hundreds.
The area is a picturesque district of hill and valley watered by the Deben, the River Ore and their tributary streams, and the loamy soil is well suited to barley, wheat and beans.
Listed as "Losa" in the Domesday Book of 1086, the name "Loes" probably indicates that it was originally owned by a man named Hlossa.
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