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[[File:Essex Hundreds.svg|right|thumb|300px|The Hundreds of Essex]] | [[File:Essex Hundreds.svg|right|thumb|300px|The Hundreds of Essex]] | ||
'''[[Essex]]''' is divided into 19 [[hundred]]s, and in addition are the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower (within the Beacontree Hundred) and the ancient boroughs of [[Colchester]] (locally in Lexden Hundred), [[Harwich]] (locally in Tendring Hundred), and [[Maldon]] (locally within Dengie Hundred). In former days each hundred had a hundred moot which met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters, though the moot's functions withered in the Middle Ages. | '''[[Essex]]''' is divided into 19 [[hundred]]s, and in addition are the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower (within the Beacontree Hundred) and the ancient boroughs of [[Colchester]] (locally in Lexden Hundred), [[Harwich]] (locally in Tendring Hundred), and [[Maldon]] (locally within Dengie Hundred). ({{kmloutline|EssexHundreds}}) In former days each hundred had a hundred moot which met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters, though the moot's functions withered in the Middle Ages. | ||
The [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 lists nineteen hundreds, corresponding very closely in extent and in name with those of today. The additional half-hundred of Thunreslan on the border with [[Suffolk]] border is no longer known, and the hundred of ''Witbrictesherna'' was renamed Dengie. | The [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 lists nineteen hundreds, corresponding very closely in extent and in name with those of today. The additional half-hundred of Thunreslan on the border with [[Suffolk]] border is no longer known, and the hundred of ''Witbrictesherna'' was renamed Dengie. | ||
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|[[Chafford Hundred|Chafford]]||align="right"|145,523||[[Aveley]], [[Brentwood]], [[Childerditch]], [[Cranham]], [[Grays|Grays Thurrock]], [[Great Warley]], [[Little Warley]], [[North Ockendon]], [[Rainham, Essex|Rainham]], [[South Ockendon]], [[South Weald]], [[Stifford]], [[Upminster]], [[Wennington, Essex|Wennington]], [[West Thurrock]] | |[[Chafford Hundred|Chafford]]||align="right"|145,523||[[Aveley]], [[Brentwood]], [[Childerditch]], [[Cranham]], [[Grays|Grays Thurrock]], [[Great Warley]], [[Little Warley]], [[North Ockendon]], [[Rainham, Essex|Rainham]], [[South Ockendon]], [[South Weald]], [[Stifford]], [[Upminster]], [[Wennington, Essex|Wennington]], [[West Thurrock]] | ||
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|[[Chelmsford Hundred|Chelmsford]]||align="right"|187,815||[[Great Baddow]], [[Little Baddow]] (partly in Dengie Hund.), [[Blackmore]], [[Boreham]], [[Broomfield, Essex|Broomfield]], [[Buttsbury]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Chignal St James]], [[Chignal Smealy]], [[Danbury]] (partly in Dengie Hund.), [[Fryerning]], [[East Hanningfield]], [[West Hanningfield]], [[South Hanningfield]], [[Ingatestone]], [[Great Leighs]], [[Little Leighs]], [[Margaretting]], [[Mountnessing]], [[Rettendon]], [[Roxwell]], [[Runwell]], [[Sandon, Essex|Sandon]], [[Springfield, Essex|Springfield]], [[Stock, Essex|Stock]], [[Great Waltham]], [[Little Waltham]], [[Widford, Essex|Widford]], [[Woodham Ferrers]] (Ferris), [[Writtle]] | |[[Chelmsford Hundred|Chelmsford]]||align="right"|187,815||[[Great Baddow]], [[Little Baddow]] (partly in Dengie Hund.), [[Blackmore]], [[Boreham]], [[Broomfield, Essex|Broomfield]], [[Buttsbury]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Chignal St James]], [[Chignal Smealy]], [[Danbury]] (partly in Dengie Hund.), [[Fryerning]], [[East Hanningfield]], [[West Hanningfield]], [[South Hanningfield]], [[Ingatestone]], [[Great Leighs]] (partly in Witham Hund.), [[Little Leighs]], [[Margaretting]], [[Mountnessing]], [[Rettendon]], [[High Ongar]] (mostly in Ongar Hund.), [[Roxwell]], [[Runwell]], [[Sandon, Essex|Sandon]], [[Springfield, Essex|Springfield]], [[Stock, Essex|Stock]], [[Great Waltham]], [[Little Waltham]], [[Widford, Essex|Widford]], [[Woodham Ferrers]] (Ferris), [[Writtle]] | ||
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|[[Clavering Hundred|Clavering]]||align="right"|6,731||[[Berden]], [[Clavering, Essex|Clavering]], [[Farnham, Essex|Farnham]], [[Langley, Essex|Langley]], [[Manuden]], [[Ugley]] | |[[Clavering Hundred, Essex|Clavering]]||align="right"|6,731||[[Berden]], [[Clavering, Essex|Clavering]], [[Farnham, Essex|Farnham]], [[Langley, Essex|Langley]], [[Manuden]], [[Ugley]] | ||
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|[[Dengie Hundred|Dengie]]||align="right"|45,579||[[Althorne]], [[Asheldham]], [[Bradwell-on-Sea]], [[Burnham, Essex|Burnham]], [[Cold Norton]], [[Creeksea]], [[Dengie]], [[Hazeleigh]], [[Latchingdon]], [[St Lawrence Bay|St Lawrence]], [[Mayland, Essex|Mayland]], [[Mundon]], [[North Fambridge]], [[Purleigh]], [[Southminster]], [[Steeple, Essex|Steeple]], [[Stow Maries]], [[Tillingham]], [[Woodham Mortimer]], [[Woodham Walter]] | |[[Dengie Hundred|Dengie]]||align="right"|45,579||[[Althorne]], [[Asheldham]], [[Bradwell-on-Sea]], [[Burnham, Essex|Burnham]], [[Cold Norton]], [[Creeksea]], [[Dengie]], [[Hazeleigh]], [[Latchingdon]], [[St Lawrence Bay|St Lawrence]], [[Mayland, Essex|Mayland]], [[Mundon]], [[North Fambridge]], [[Purleigh]], [[Southminster]], [[Steeple, Essex|Steeple]], [[Stow Maries]], [[Tillingham]], [[Woodham Mortimer]], [[Woodham Walter]] | ||
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|[[Winstree Hundred|Winstree]]||align="right"|17,012||[[Abberton, Essex|Abberton]], [[Fingringhoe]], [[Langenhoe]], [[Layer Breton]], [[Layer de la Haye]], [[Layer Marney]], [[East Mersea]], [[West Mersea]], [[Peldon]], [[Salcott]], [[Virley]], [[Great Wigborough]], [[Little Wigborough]] | |[[Winstree Hundred|Winstree]]||align="right"|17,012||[[Abberton, Essex|Abberton]], [[Fingringhoe]], [[Langenhoe]], [[Layer Breton]], [[Layer de la Haye]], [[Layer Marney]], [[East Mersea]], [[West Mersea]], [[Peldon]], [[Salcott]], [[Virley]], [[Great Wigborough]], [[Little Wigborough]] | ||
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|[[Witham Hundred|Witham]]||align="right"|53,610||[[Bradwell-on-Sea|Bradwell]], [[Great Braxted]], [[Little Braxted]], [[Cressing]], [[Fairstead]], [[Faulkbourne]], Little [[Coggeshall]], [[Hatfield Peverel]], [[Kelvedon]], [[Black Notley]], [[White Notley]], [[Rivenhall]], [[Terling]], [[Ulting]], [[Witham, Essex|Witham]] | |[[Witham Hundred|Witham]]||align="right"|53,610||[[Bradwell-on-Sea|Bradwell]], [[Great Braxted]], [[Little Braxted]], [[Cressing]], [[Fairstead]], [[Faulkbourne]], Little [[Coggeshall]], [[Hatfield Peverel]], [[Kelvedon]], [[Great Leighs]] (partly in Chelmsford Hund.), [[Black Notley]], [[White Notley]], [[Rivenhall]], [[Terling]], [[Ulting]], [[Witham, Essex|Witham]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:20, 9 June 2023
Essex is divided into 19 hundreds, and in addition are the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower (within the Beacontree Hundred) and the ancient boroughs of Colchester (locally in Lexden Hundred), Harwich (locally in Tendring Hundred), and Maldon (locally within Dengie Hundred). (map) In former days each hundred had a hundred moot which met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters, though the moot's functions withered in the Middle Ages.
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists nineteen hundreds, corresponding very closely in extent and in name with those of today. The additional half-hundred of Thunreslan on the border with Suffolk border is no longer known, and the hundred of Witbrictesherna was renamed Dengie.
The Royal Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower is locally situate in Becontree Hundred.[1]
Parishes
The ancient parishes in each hundred are:[2]
References
- ↑ "The hundred of Becontree: Introduction". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5. 1966. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42721.
- ↑ A History of the County of Essex