This is a list of hundreds of England and Wales. Most English counties were divided into hundreds from the late Saxon period and were, with a few exceptions, effectively abandoned as administrative divisions in the nineteenth century.[1] In some areas, equivalent districts were known as "wapentakes", "cantrefs" or "wards". The cantref and some wapentakes later became known as hundreds.
Except where stated, lists are from the Victoria County History. This is not an authoritative list, as hundreds were variable and sources differ.
Anglesey
From The National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland (1868) [1]
- Llyfon
- Maltraeth
- Menai
- Talybolion
- Twrcelyn
- Tyndarthwy
Bedfordshire
- Barford
- Biggleswade
- Clifton
- Flitt
- Manshead
- Redbornestoke
- Stodden
- Willey
- Wixamtree
Berkshire
- Beynhurst
- Bray
- Charlton
- Compton
- Cookham
- Faircross
- Faringdon
- Kintbury Eagle
- Lambourn
- Moreton
- Ock
- Reading
- Ripplesmere
- Shrivenham
- Sonning
- Theale
- Wantage
- Wargrave
Brecknockshire
- Builth
- Crickhowell
- Deffynog
- Merthyr
- Penkelly
- Talgarth
Buckinghamshire
Chiltern Hundreds
Caernarvonshire
From the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland [3]
- Cymydmaen
- Creuddyn
- Dinllaen
- Eifionydd
- Gafflogion
- Isaf
- Is-Gwyrfai
- Nant Conway
- Uchaf
- Uwch-Gwyrfai
Cardiganshire
From GENUKI [4]
- Genau'r-Glyn
- Ilar
- Moyddyn
- Penarth
- Troed-yr-Aur
Carmarthenshire
From GENUKI [5]
- Carnwallon
- Cathinog
- Cayo
- Derllys
- Elvet
- Iscennen
- Kidwelly
- Perfedd
Cambridgeshire
- Armingford
- Chesterton
- Cheveley
- Chilford
- Ely
- Flendish
- Longstowe
- Northstow
- North Witchford
- Papworth
- Radfield
- South Witchford
- Staine
- Staplow
- Thriplow
- Wetherley
- Whittlesford
- Wisbech
Cheshire
From Harris, B. E., and Thacker, A. T. (1987). The Victoria History of the County of Chester. (Volume 1: Physique, Prehistory, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Domesday). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0197227619.
Domesday Hundreds
With some variations in the names, the Domesday hundreds were:
- Atiscross
- Exestan
- Wilaveston
- Chester
- Dudestan
- Bochelau
- Roelau
- Riseton
- Warmundestrou
- Tunendune
- Middlewich
- Hamestan
Later Hundreds
Atiscross and Exestan were lost to Wales, and a merging and amalgamation of the rest with a renaming led to the following hundreds:
Cornwall
In Cornwall, the name calqued cantrev
From GENUKI [6]
- East
- Kerrier
- Lesnewth
- Penwith
- Powder
- Pydar
- Stratton
- Triggshire
- West
For some purposes, the Isles of Scilly were counted as a tenth hundred.
Cumberland
Cumberland was divided into wards, analogous to hundreds. From the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland [7]
- Allerdale-above-Derwent
- Allerdale-below-Derwent
- Cumberland
- Eskdale
- Leath
Denbighshire
From Vision of Britain [8]
- Bromfield
- Chirk
- Denbigh
- Dogfeiling
- Is Aled
- Is Dulas
- Maelor Gymraeg
- Rhuthun
- Yale
Derbyshire
Divided into hundreds (previously wapentakes). From GENUKI[9]
- High Peak
- Wirksworth
- Scarsdale
- Morleston and Litchurch
- Appletree
- Repton and Gresley
Devon
From GENUKI [10]
- Axminster
- Bampton
- Black Torrington
- Braunton
- Cliston
- Coleridge
- Colyton
- Crediton
- East Budleigh
- Ermington
- Exminster
- Fremington
- Halberton
- Hartland
- Hayridge
- Haytor
- Hemyock
- Lifton
- North Tawton and Winkleigh
- Ottery
- Plympton
- Roborough
- Shebbear
- Shirwell
- South Molton
- Stanborough
- Tavistock
- Teignbridge
- Tiverton
- West Budleigh
- Witheridge
- Wonford
Dorset
- Badbury
- Beaminster Forum and Redhone
- Bere Regis
- Brownshall
- Buckland Newton
- Cerne, Totcombe and Modbury
- Cogdean
- Coombs Ditch
- Corfe Castle
- Cranborne
- Culliford Tree
- Eggerton (also Eggarton)
- Godderthorne
- Hasler (also Hasilor)
- Hundredsbarrow (also Barrow)
- Knowlton
- Loosebarrow
- Monkton Up Wimborne (also Up Wimborne)
- Pimperne
- Puddletown
- Redlane (also Redland)
- Rowbarrow (also Rowberrow)
- Rushmore
- St George's (also George)
- Sherborne
- Sixpenny Handley
- Sturminster Newton
- Tollerford
- Uggescombe
- Whitchurch Canonicorum
- Whiteway
- Wimborne St Giles
- Winfrith
- Yetminster
County Durham
County Durham was divided into wards, analogous to hundreds. From an 1840 map of County Durham [11].
- Chester-le-Street
- Darlington
- Easington
- Stockton
Essex
- Barstable (sometimes spelled Barnstable)
- Becontree
- Chafford
- Chelmsford
- Clavering
- Dengie
- Dunmow
- Freshwell
- Harlow
- Liberty of Havering, also sometimes known as Romford Hundred
- Hinckford
- Lexden
- Ongar
- Rochford
- Tendring
- Thurstable
- Uttlesford
- Waltham
- Winstree
- Witham
According to essex1841.com [12] the 1841 census also recorded Harwich hundred, which the Victoria County History places within Tendring.
Flintshire
From Vision of Britain [13].
- Atiscross
- Coleshill
- Maelor
- Maelor Saesneg
- Mold
- Prestatyn
- Rhuddlan
Gloucestershire
From the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland [14]
- Barton Regis
- Berkeley
- Bishop's Cleeve
- Bisley
- Bledisloe
- Botloe
- Bradley
- Brightwell's Barrow
- Cheltenham
- Cleeve
- Crowthorne-with-Minety
- Deerhurst
- Dudstone (upper, middle and lower divisions)
- Grumbalds Ash
- Henbury
- Kiftsgate (upper and lower divisions)
- Langley and Swinehead
- Longtree
- Lower Slaughter
- Lower Tewkesbury
- Lower Thornbury
- Pucklechurch
- Rapsgate
- St Briavel's
- Tibaldstone
- Upper Slaughter
- Upper Tewkesbury
- Upper Thornbury
- Westbury
- Westminster
- Whitstone (upper and lower divisions)
The Duchy of Lancaster (Gloucestershire) liberty was sometimes counted as a hundred.
Glamorgan
From GENUKI [15]
- Caerphilly
- Cowbridge
- Dinas Powis
- Kibbor
- Llangyfelach
- Miskin
- Neath
- Newcastle
- Ogmore
- Swansea
Hampshire
- Alton
- Andover
- Barton Stacey
- Basingstoke
- Bermondspit
- Bishop's Sutton
- Bishop's Waltham
- Bosmere
- Bountisborough
- Buddlesgate
- Christchurch
- Chuteley
- Crondall
- East Medine (also described as a liberty)
- East Meon
- Evingar
- Fareham
- Fawley
- Finchdean
- Fordingbridge
- Hambledon
- Holdshot
- Kingsclere
- King's Somborne
- Mainsborough
- Mansbridge
- Meonstoke
- Micheldever
- New Forest
- Odiham
- Overton
- Pastrow
- Portsdown
- Redbridge
- Ringwood
- Selborne
- Thorngate
- Titchfield
- West Medine (also described as a liberty)
- Wherwell
Herefordshire
From The National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland (1868) [16]
- Broxash
- Ewyas-Lacy
- Greytree
- Grimsworth
- Radlow
- Stretford
- Webtree
- Wigmore
- Wolphy
- Wormelow (upper and lower divisions)
Hertfordshire
(Danais & Tring added as per History of Hertfordshire)
- Braughing
- Broadwater
- Cashio
- Dacorum
- Danais (merged with Tring to form Dacorum)
- Edwintree
- Hertford
- Hitchin
- Odsey
- Tring (merged with Danais to form Dacorum)
Huntingdonshire
- Hurstingstone
- Leightonstone
- Norman Cross
- Toseland
Kent
From Kent Genealogy [17]. Kent was traditionally divided into East and West Kent, and into lathes and hundreds.
East Kent
- Aloesbridge
- Bewsborough
- Bircholt
- Blengate
- Boughton under Blean
- Bridge and Petham
- Calehill
- Chart and Longbridge
- Cornilo
- Downhamford
- Eastry
- Faversham
- Felborough
- Folkestone
- Ham
- Heane
- Kinghamford
- Langport
- Loningborough
- Milton
- Newchurch
- Oxney
- Preston
- Ringslow
- St Martin Pountney
- Stowting
- Strete
- Teynham
- Westgate
- Whitstable
- Wingham
- Worth
- Wye
West Kent
- Axton
- Barkley
- Barnfield
- Blackborne
Blackheath - Brenchley and Horsmonden
- Bromley and Beckenham
- Chatham and Gillingham
- Codsheath
- Cranbrook
- Dartford and Wilmington
- Eyhorne
- Hoo
- Larkfield
- Little and Lessness
- Littlefield
- Maidstone
- Marden
- Rolvenden
- Ruxley
- Selbrittenden
- Shamwell
- Somerden
- Toltingtrough
- Tonbridge
- Twyford
- Washlingstone
- Westerham
- Wrotham
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire was originally divided into wapentakes, but these were usually later described as hundreds. From the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica [18]
In the Domesday Book, West Goscote and East Goscote made up just Goscote and Sparkenhoe did not yet exist. The division which brought East and West Goscote and Sparkenhoe into existence was made in 1346.
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire was divided into three Parts, each of which was divided into wapentakes, analogous to hundreds. From map on Lincolnshire County Council website [19]
Holland
- Elloe
- Kirton
- Skirbeck
Kesteven
- Aswardhurn
- Aveland
- Boothby Graffoe (Higher and Lower divisions)
- Beltisloe
- Flaxwell
- Langoe (First and Second divisions)
- Loveden
- Ness
- Winnibriggs and Threo
Lindsey
North Riding of Lindsey
- Bradley-Haverstoe
- Ludborough
- Walshcroft (North and South divisions)
- Yarborough
South Riding of Lindsey
- Calceworth (Marsh and Wold divisions)
- Candleshoe (Marsh and Wold divisions)
- Gartree (North and South divisions)
- Hill
- Louth-Eske (Marsh and Wold divisions)
- Wraggoe (East and West divisions)
West Riding of Lindsey
- Aslacoe (East and West divisions)
- Corringham
- Manley (East, North, and West divisions)
- Lawress
- Well
Merionethshire
From the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland [20]
- Ardudwy
- Edernion
- Estimaner
- Penllyn
- Talybont with Mowddu
Middlesex
- Edmonton
- Elthorne
- Gore
- Isleworth (recorded in 1086 as Hounslow)[2]
- Ossulstone
- Spelthorne
Monmouthshire
From Genuki [21]. All split into Upper and Lower divisions.
Montgomeryshire
From the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland [22].
- Cawrse
- Deythur
- Llanidloes
- Llanfyllin
- Machynlleth
- Mathrafell
- Montgomery (also Kerry)
- Newtown
- Welshpool
Norfolk
From GENUKI [23]
- Blofield
- Brothercross
- Clackclose
- Clavering
- Depwade
- Diss
- Earsham
- Eynesford
- Forehoe
- Freebridge-Lynn
- Freebridge-Marshland
- Gallow
- Grimshoe
- Guiltcross
- Happing
- Henstead
- Holt
- Humbleyard
- Launditch
- Loddon
- Mitford
- North Erpingham
- North Greenhoe
- Shropham
- Smithdon
- South Erpingham
- South Greenhoe
- Taverham
- Tunstead
- Walsham
- Wayland
- West Flegg
Northamptonshire
From the Northamptonshire Family History Society [24]
- Chipping Warden
- Cleyley
- Corby
- Fawsley
- Greens Norton
- Guilsborough
- Hamfordshoe
- Higham Ferrers
- Huxloe
- Kings Sutton
- Nobottle Grove
- Orlingbury
- Polebrook
- Rothwell
- Spelhoe
- Towcester
- Willybrook
- Wymersley
The liberty and Soke of Peterborough (now in Cambridgeshire) was sometimes called Nassaburgh hundred.
Northumberland
Northumberland was divided into wards, analogous to hundreds. From the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland (1868) [25]
- Bamburgh
- Castle
- Coquetdale
- Glendale
- Morpeth
- Tynedale
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire was divided into wapentakes, analogous to hundreds. From the Thoroton Society [26]
Oxfordshire
From sci.net.au [27]
- Bampton
- Banbury
- Binfield
- Bloxham
- Bullingdon
- Chadlington
- Dorchester
- Ewelme
- Langtree
- Lewknor
- Pirton
- Ploughley
- Thame
- Wootton
Outside any hundred were the areas of Oxford City & University, Oxford City and Oxford Liberty.
Pembrokeshire
From GENUKI [28]
Radnorshire
From GENUKI [29].
- Cefnllys
- Colwyn
- Knighton
- Llanbedr Painscastle
- Radnor
- Rhaeadr
Rutland
- Alstoe
- East
- Martinsley
- Wrandike
Shropshire
From GENUKI [30]
- Bradford (North & South)
- Brimstrey
- Chirbury
- Clun
- Condover
- Ford
- Munslow (Upper & Lower)
- Oswestry
- Overs (in two parts)
- Pimhill
- Purslow
- Stottesdon
Somerset
From the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland [31]
- Abdick and Bulstone
- Andersfield
- Bath Forum
- Bempstone
- Brent-cum-Wrington
- Bruton
- Cannington
- Carhampton
- Catsash
- Chew
- Chewton
- Crewkerne
- Frome
- Glaston Twelve Hides
- Hampton
- Hartcliffe
- Horethorne
- Houndsborough
- Huntspill and Puriton
- Keynsham
- Kilmersdon
- Kingsbury
- Milverton
- North Curry
- North Petherton
- Norton Ferris
- Pitney
- Portbury
- Somerton
- South Petherton
- Stone
- Taunton (also Taunton Dean)
- Tintinhull
- Wellow
- Wells Forum
- Whitley
- Whitstone
- Williton and Freemanners
- Winterstoke
- Martock
Staffordshire
From GENUKI [32]
- Cuttlestone
- Offlow
- Pirehill
- Seisdon
- Totmonslow
Suffolk
From GENUKI [33]
- Babergh
- Blackbourn
- Blything
- Bosemere and Claydon
- Carlford
- Hartismere
- Hoxne
- Ipswich
- Lackford
- Loes
- Mutford
- Plomesgate
- Risbridge
- Samford
- Stow
- Thedwestry
- Thingoe
- Thredling
- Wangford
- Wilford
Surrey
There are thirteen hundreds and one half hundred:
- Blackheath
- Brixton
- Copthorne
- Elmbridge
- Effingham half hundred
- Farnham
- Godalming
- Godley
- Kingston
- Reigate
- Tandridge
- Wallington
- Woking
- Wotton
Sussex
Sussex was divided into rapes, and then hundreds.
Arundel Rape
From www.combs-families.org [34]
- Arundel
- Avisford
- Bury
- Poling
- Rotherbridge
- West Easwrith
Bramber Rape
- Brightford
- Burbeach
- East Easwrith
- Patching
- Singlecross
- Steyning
- Tarring
- Tipnoak
- West Grinstead
Parts of Wyndham and Fishergate hundreds.
Chichester Rape
- Aldwick
- Bosham
- Box and Stockbridge
- Dumpford
- Easebourne
- Manhood
- Westbourne and Singleton
Hastings Rape
- Baldslow
- Battle
- Bexhill
- Foxearle
- Goldspur
- Gostrow
- Guestling
- Hawksborough
- Henhurst
- Netherfield
- Ninfield
- Shoyswell
- Staple
Lewes Rape
- Barcombe
- Buttinghill
- Dean
- Holmestrow
- Lewes
- Poynings
- Preston
- Streat
- Southover
- Swanborough
- Whalesbourne
- Younsmere (also Falmer)
Parts of Fishergate and Wyndham hundreds.
Pevensey Rape
From www.combs-families.org [35]
- Alciston
- Bishopstone
- Burley-Arches (also Burarches
- Danehill-Horsted
- Dill
- Eastbourne
- East Grinstead
- Flexborough
- Hartfield
- Longbridge
- Loxfield-Dorset
- Loxfield-Pelham
- Ringmer
- Rotherfield
- Rushmonden
- Shiplake
- Totnore
- Willingdon
Warwickshire
Westmorland
Westmorland was divided into four wards, analogous to hundreds. Pairs of wards made up the two Baronies. From Magna Britannica et Hibernia (1736) [36]
Barony of Kendal
- Kendal
- Lonsdale
Barony of Westmorland
- East Ward
- West Ward
Wiltshire
From GENUKI [37]
- Alderbury
- Amesbury
- Bradford
- Branch and Dole
- Calne
- Cawden and Cadworth
- Chalk
- Chippenham
- Damersham
- Downton
- Dunworth
- Elstub and Everley
- Frustfield
- Heytesbury
- Highworth
- Kingsbridge
- Kinwardstone
- Malmesbury
- Melksham
- Mere
- North Damerham
- Potterne and Cannings
- Ramsbury
- Selkley
- South Damerham
- Swanborough
- Underditch
- Warminster
- Westbury
- Whorwelsdon
Worcestershire
- Blackenhurst
- Doddingtree
- Halfshire
- Oswaldslow
- Pershore
Yorkshire
Yorkshire has three Ridings, East, North and West. Each of these was divided into wapentakes, analogous to hundreds.
The Ainsty wapentake, at time associated with either the East Riding or West Riding, came to be associated with the City of York, outside the Riding system.
The hundreds of Amourdness and Lonsdale in Lancashire plus part of Westmorland were considered as part of Yorkshire in the Domesday Book.
East Riding of Yorkshire
From GENUKI [38]
- Buckrose
- Dickering
- Harthill (Bainton Beacon, Holme Beacon, Hunsley Beacon and Wilton Beacon divisions)
- Holderness (North, Middle and South divisions)
- Howdenshire
- Ouse and Derwent
The other division of the riding was Hullshire.
North Riding of Yorkshire
- Allerton
- Birdthorpe
- Bulmer
- Gilling East
- Gilling West
- Hallikeld
- Hang East
- Hang West
- Langbaurgh (West and East divisions)
- Pickering Lythe
- Ryedale
- Whitby Strand
West Riding of Yorkshire
From GENUKI [39]
- Agbrigg and Morley (Agbrigg and Morley divisions)
- Barkston Ash
- Claro (Upper and Lower divisions)
- Ewcross
- Osgoldcross
- Skyrack (Upper and Lower divisions)
- Staincliffe (East and West divisions)
- Staincross
- Strafforth and Tickhill (Upper and Lower divisions)
References
- ^ Webb, Sidney; Webb, Beatrice (1906). English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act: The Parish and the County. London: Longman's Green and Company. pp. 284–285.
- ^ The hundred of Isleworth, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3, (1962), Date accessed: 6 January 2008.
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