{{Short description|Historical division of Suffolk, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} thumb|right|Blything Hundred '''Blything''' was a hundred of eastern Suffolk, and with an area of {{convert|87641|acre|km2}} was the largest of Suffolk's 21 hundreds.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GENUKI |title=Genuki: Blything Hundred, Suffolk |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/Hundreds/BlythingHundred |access-date=2025-11-02 |website=www.genuki.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite thesis|title=Blything Hundred: A study in the Development of Settlement, 400-1400 AD|author=P. M. Warner|publisher=Leicester University|page=109|url=https://lra.le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/4231/1/D207880.pdf|accessdate=2010-02-14|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718172117/https://lra.le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/4231/1/D207880.pdf|archivedate=2011-07-18|url-status=live}}</ref> The name "Blyth" itself means 'blithe' or 'pleasant' and shares its name with a river in Northamptonshire, and one in Northumberland.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Place-names of Suffolk|url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofsuff00skearich|author=Walter Skeat|date=1913}}</ref>
==Blythburg Hundred Incorporation== Blythburgh Hundred Incorpration was created by act of parliament in 1746.<ref name="MHC Bulcamp Hiuse of Industry">{{cite web |title=Bulcamp House of Industry History |url=https://www.blythburgh.net/history/bulcampindus.php |website=www.blythburgh.net |publisher=MHCreations. |access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref>
==Parishes== alt=Suffolk hundreds|thumb|440x440px|Suffolk hundreds Blything Hundred consisted of the following parishes:<ref>1841 Census</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable vatop" style=" margin-right:2em;" ! Parish ! Area (acres) |- |Aldringham||628 |- |Benacre||2576 |- |Blythburgh||4111 |- |Blythford||1373 |- |Bramfield||2547 |- |Brampton||1967 |- |Chediston||2378 |- |Cookley||1552 |- |Covehithe||1524 |- |Cratfield||2000 |- |Darsham||1493 |- |Dunwich||1334 |- |Easton Bavents||260 |- |Frostenden||1292 |- |Halesworth||1420 |- |Henham||1500 |- |Heveningham||1900 |- |Henstead||1920 |- |Hulverstreet||293 |- |Holton||1132 |- |Huntingfield||2011 |- |Knodishall||1731 |- |Leiston||4966 |- |Linstead Magna||1304 |- |Linstead Parva||554 |- |Middleton cum Fordley||2024 |- |Peasenhall||1972 |- |Reydon||2675 |- |Rumburgh||1370 |- |Sibton||2680 |- |Sotherton||1084 |- |South Cove||1198 |- |Southwold||632 |- |Spexhall||1482 |- |Stoven||762 |- |Theberton||2050 |- |Thorington||1411 |- |Ubbeston||1207 |- |Uggeshall||1455 |- |Walberswick||1771 |- |Walpole||1624 |- |Wangford||829 |- |Wenhaston||2327 |- |Westhall||2194 |- |Westleton||6103 |- |Wissett||2260 |- |Wrentham||1280 |- |Yoxford||2670 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://lra.le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/4231/1/D207880.pdf Blything Hundred: A study in the Development of Settlement, 400-1400 AD] *[http://blything.wikispaces.com/ Blything Hundred wiki]
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