Norfolk Hundreds

White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

LODDON HUNDRED

Extends about ten miles south from the river Yare, and is from 5 to 6 miles in breadth,- being bounded on the north by Blofield, on the east by Clavering, on the south by Earsham and a small part of the river Waveney, near Bungay; and on the west by Depwade and Henstead Hundreds.

It has generally a fertile soil, is well cultivated, and abounds with wood and water. Near the river Yare, it has a rich but watery tract of marshes, with several rivulets and "broads".

It is in the Deanery of Brooke, and Archdeaconry of Norfolk. It has its name from the market town of Loddon, where Petty Sessions are held every alternate Wednesday. Mr. Jas. Copeman is clerk to the magistrates.

It comprises 21 PARISHES, of which the following is an enumeration, shewing their population in 1841, the annual value of their lands and buildings, as assessed to the County Rates, in 1843, and their territorial extent, in assessable acres:-

	+=======================================================+
	|                        |        |   Annl.   |         |
	| Parishes               |   Pop. |  Value.   |  Acres. |
	+-------------------------------------------------------+
	| Alpington                  197     £1,054         520 |
	| Ashby                      263      1,064         436 |
	| Bedingham                  316      1,868       1,148 |
	| Broome                     610      2,526       1,421 |
	| Carleton St. Peter          96      1,000         765 |
	| Chedgrave                  348      2,318       1,395 |
	| Claxton                    200      1,134         977 |
	| Ditchingham              1,124      4,586       2,055 |
	| Hardley                    214      2,132       1,428 |
	| Hedenham                   272      2,530       1,564 |
	| Hillington                  64        888         516 |
	| Kirstead                   249      1,548       1,009 |
	| Langley                    323      3,244       2,668 |
	| Loddon                   1,197      5,724       2,988 |
	| Mundham                    308      2,316       1,527 |
	| Seething                   449      2,620       1,571 |
	| Sisland                     64        726         459 |
	| Thurton                    246      1,346         748 |
	| Thwaite St. Mary           110        970         667 |
	| Topcroft                   475      3,230       1,861 |
	| Woodton                    567      3,516       2,112 |
	+-------------------------------------------------------+
	|      TOTAL *             7,692     46,340      27,838 |
	+=======================================================+

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* The whole of the Hundred is in LODDON and CLAVERING UNION, which was incorporated under an act passed in 1765, but is now under the new poor law, as described at a subsequent page. (See Clavering.)

The population of the Hundred, in 1831, was 7,457. The annual value of its lands and buildings, as assessed to the Property Tax, was £41,301, in 1815; and £51,704, in 1842. It is in Loddon Police Division.

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General description and layout of Hundreds.
Other hundred descriptions from White's 1845.
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