 It is in the Deanery of Thedwestry, the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, the Diocese of Ely and Liberty of St Edmund.It contains no town of any size, but Bury and Ixworth are on its borders.Listed as "Theivardestreu" in the Domesday Book, the name derives from "Theodward's tree", presumably a notable tree situated on the area's boundary.