Hoxne Hundred, Suffolk Genealogy

England   Suffolk

Description
Is in the Eastern Division of Suffolk, in the Deanery of Hoxne, Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and Diocese of Norwich. It has two detached parishes (Carlton and Kelsale) in Blything Union, and its other 24 parishes form the Hoxne Union, and constitute a fertile district, averaging about nine miles in length and breadth ; bounded, on the north, by the river Waveney, which separates it from Norfolk ; on the east, by Wangford and Blything Hundreds; on the south, by Plomegate, Loes, and Thredling Hundreds ; and on the west, by Hartistnere Hundred. It is watered by several rivulets, flowing northward to the Waveney; and on its southern side are the sources of the river Alde, (see page 155,)and near Laxfield the chief source of the Blythe. (See p.371.) It has generally a strong loamy soil, well cultivated, and rising in picturesqne undulations, but subsiding in a champaign tract, in the vale of the Waveney. It has only one small market town, (Stradbroke,) but those of Framlingham, Saxmuudham, Eye, and Harleston, are near its borders ; and it has within its limits several large villages....

Civil Registration
Hoxne district had been created in 1837 for the purpose of recording births, deaths, and marriages. Hoxne Hundred had been in existence for hundreds of years for administrative, military, and judicial purposes.

Probate records
Hoxne Hundred was in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk prior to 1858; however, a person’s will or administration may have been probated in nearby courts or even in London. After 1858 it was in Ipswich District.. Refer to the Suffolk Probate Records article for further details.

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