Colneis Hundred

Colneis is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of 16,712 acres (67.63 km2).[1]

Running from the south-east outskirts of Ipswich to the North Sea coast, the hundred is made up of the land between the estuaries of the rivers Orwell and Deben. It is one of the smallest in Suffolk, being only about four miles (6.4 km) wide and ten miles (16 km) long between its border with Carlford Hundred and the cliffs at Felixstowe. It lies within the Colneis Deanery, in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk.

Listed as Colneyse in the Domesday Book, the origin of the name is not known for sure, though the suffix -ness, meaning "headland" seems probable. The col may be the old name of the Deben before its renaming after Debenham.[2]

The name survives as that of a Junior School in Felixstowe.

Parishes
Suffolk Hundreds

Colneis Hundred consists of the following 10 parishes:[1][3]

Parish Area (acres)
Bucklesham1800
Falkenham1550
Felixstowe1170
Hemley1155
Kirton1929
Levington1660
Nacton2380
Trimley St Martin1200
Trimley St Mary1868
Walton2000

References
  1. William White (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk. p. 119.
  2. Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
  3. 1841 Census

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