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The '''Broadwater Hundred''' is one of the [[hundred]]s of [[Hertfordshire]].  It is in the very centre of the county, stretching from the northern boundary almost to the southern bounds of the shire, interrupted by an enclave of the [[Cashio Hundred]].
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The '''Broadwater Hundred''' is one of the [[hundred]]s of [[Hertfordshire]].  It is in the very centre of the county, stretching from the northern boundary almost to the southern bounds of the shire, interrupted by an enclave of the [[Cashio Hundred]]. In 2011 it had a population of 195,494.
  
 
At parts of its boundary, the Broadwater Hundred meets all the other hundreds of Hertfordshire.
 
At parts of its boundary, the Broadwater Hundred meets all the other hundreds of Hertfordshire.
  
The Braughing Hundred is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]].
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The Broadwater Hundred is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]].
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==Parishes==
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The hundred comprises the following ancient parishes:
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*[[Aston]]
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*[[Ayott St Lawrence]]
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*[[Ayott St Peter]]
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*[[Baldock]]
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*[[Benington, Hertfordshire|Bennington]]
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*[[Datchworth]]
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*[[Digswell]]
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*[[Graveley]]
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*[[Great Munden]]
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*[[Great Wymondley]]
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*[[Hatfield]]
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*[[Knebworth]]
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*[[Letchworth]]
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*[[Little Munden]]
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*[[Little Wymondley]]
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*[[Sacomb]]
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*[[Stevenage]]
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*[[Totteridge]]
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*[[Walkern]]
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*[[Watton-at-Stone|Watton]]
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*[[Welwyn]]
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*[[Weston, Hertfordshire|Weston]]
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*[[Willian]]
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{{Hertfordshire hundreds}}
 
{{Hertfordshire hundreds}}

Latest revision as of 14:55, 4 July 2024

The Broadwater Hundred highlighted in Hertfordshire

The Broadwater Hundred is one of the hundreds of Hertfordshire. It is in the very centre of the county, stretching from the northern boundary almost to the southern bounds of the shire, interrupted by an enclave of the Cashio Hundred. In 2011 it had a population of 195,494.

At parts of its boundary, the Broadwater Hundred meets all the other hundreds of Hertfordshire.

The Broadwater Hundred is recorded in the Domesday Book.

Parishes

The hundred comprises the following ancient parishes:

Hundreds of Hertfordshire

Braughing • Broadwater • Cashio • Dacorum • Edwintree • Hertford • Hitchin • Odsey