Clavering hundred

Clavering hundred was a hundred – or geographical subdivision – comprising parishes and settlements in Essex and Norfolk.

[1] Hundreds were divisions of areas of land within shires or counties for administrative and judicial purposes – and for the collection of taxes.

[2] In the Domesday Book of 1086, there were 27 places listed as part of the hundred.

Clavering had the largest taxable value within the hundred.

[3] Four further Clavering hundred settlements in Norfolk - Ierpestuna, Naruestuna, Thurketeliart and Torvestuna - are also mentioned in the Domesday Book, however these names no longer exist and the sites can only be located approximately.