Hundon, Suffolk
Historical Description
Hundon, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands 3½ miles N by W from Clare station on the G.E.K., and 6 NE by E from Haverhill. There is a post and money order office under Clare '(RS.O.); telegraph office, Clare. The parish comprises 4551 acres; population, 838. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; gross value, about £200 with residence. Patron, Jesus' College, Cambridge. The church is a fine and ancient building of flint, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a porch and tower. An adjoining chapel contains a pyramidal monument to Arethusa, daughter of Lord Clifford, and wife of the Hon. James Vernon. There is a Congregational chapel, and also a valuable charity managed by trustees, which produces about £150 a year.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Hundon All Saints | |
Hundred | Risbridge | |
Poor Law union | Risbridge |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hundon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hundon (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hundon are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online: