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[[File:Codsheath Hundred - Kent.svg|thumb|250px|Codsheath Hundred, shown within the Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone and Kent]] | |||
'''Codsheath''' is a [[hundred]] in [[Kent]], occupying the eastern part of the [[Lathe of Sutton at Hone]].<ref name=AHAOKmaps>An Historical Atlas of Kent, edited by Terence Lawrence & David Killingray (2004) {{ISBN|1-86077-255-2}} - Maps front cover and back cover inlay</ref> Codsheath was also recorded as "Codsede" in ancient records.<ref name=BHO>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol3/pp1-2 "The hundred of Codsheath: Introduction"], in ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3'' by Edward Hasted (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 1-2. posted at ''British History Online''</ref> The Hundred of Codsheath was included in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, that records it as having 203 houses, 44 in [[Sundridge, Kent|Sundridge]] and 159 in [[Otford]].<ref name=DDB>[http://opendomesday.org/hundred/codsheath/ Hundred of Codsheath], in ''The Domesday Book'' (1086). posted at ''Opendomesday.org''</ref> The hundred borders six others, four in the Sutton-at-Hone Lathe, and two of the [[Lathe of Aylesford]] to the east. Hundreds that border Codsheath are [[Somerden]] to the south; [[Westerham and Edenbridge]] to the west; the [[Ruxley Hundred|Hundred of Ruxley]] to the north-west; [[Axstane Hundred]] to the north-east, all within the lath of Sutton-at-Hone; and the Aylesford hundreds of [[Wrotham Hundred|Wrotham]] to the east, and [[Lowy of Tunbridge]] to the south-east.<ref name=AHAOKmaps/> | '''Codsheath''' is a [[hundred]] in [[Kent]], occupying the eastern part of the [[Lathe of Sutton at Hone]].<ref name=AHAOKmaps>An Historical Atlas of Kent, edited by Terence Lawrence & David Killingray (2004) {{ISBN|1-86077-255-2}} - Maps front cover and back cover inlay</ref> Codsheath was also recorded as "Codsede" in ancient records.<ref name=BHO>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol3/pp1-2 "The hundred of Codsheath: Introduction"], in ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3'' by Edward Hasted (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 1-2. posted at ''British History Online''</ref> The Hundred of Codsheath was included in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, that records it as having 203 houses, 44 in [[Sundridge, Kent|Sundridge]] and 159 in [[Otford]].<ref name=DDB>[http://opendomesday.org/hundred/codsheath/ Hundred of Codsheath], in ''The Domesday Book'' (1086). posted at ''Opendomesday.org''</ref> The hundred borders six others, four in the Sutton-at-Hone Lathe, and two of the [[Lathe of Aylesford]] to the east. Hundreds that border Codsheath are [[Somerden]] to the south; [[Westerham and Edenbridge]] to the west; the [[Ruxley Hundred|Hundred of Ruxley]] to the north-west; [[Axstane Hundred]] to the north-east, all within the lath of Sutton-at-Hone; and the Aylesford hundreds of [[Wrotham Hundred|Wrotham]] to the east, and [[Lowy of Tunbridge]] to the south-east.<ref name=AHAOKmaps/> | ||
The hundred comprises the ancient parishes of: | The hundred comprises the ancient parishes of: | ||
{{div col|3}} | {{div col|3}} | ||
* [[Brasted]] (part)<sup>*</sup> | |||
* [[Chevening, Kent|Chevening]] | * [[Chevening, Kent|Chevening]] | ||
* [[Halstead, Kent|Halstead]] | * [[Halstead, Kent|Halstead]] | ||
* [[Kemsing]] | * [[Kemsing]] | ||
* [[Leigh, Kent|Leigh]] (part)<sup> | * [[Leigh, Kent|Leigh]] (part)<sup>†</sup> | ||
* [[Otford]] | * [[Otford]] | ||
* [[Seal, Kent|Seale]] | * [[Seal, Kent|Seale]] | ||
* [[Sevenoaks]] | * [[Sevenoaks]] | ||
* [[Shoreham, Kent|Shoreham]] | * [[Shoreham, Kent|Shoreham]] | ||
* [[Speldhurst]] (part)<sup> | * [[Speldhurst]] (part)<sup>‡</sup> | ||
* [[Sundridge, Kent|Sundridge]] | * [[Sundridge, Kent|Sundridge]] | ||
{{div col end}} | {{div col end}} | ||
<sup>*</sup>: | <sup>*</sup>: Detached part in Somerden hundred. Main part mapped as a hundred in its own right by Ordnance Survey.<br /> | ||
<sup> | <sup>†</sup>: Partly in Somerden and Washlingstone hundreds.<br /> | ||
<sup>‡</sup>: Mostly in Washlingstone hundred. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Kent hundreds}} | {{Kent hundreds|lathe=Sutton at Hone}} | ||
Latest revision as of 18:55, 24 July 2022
Codsheath is a hundred in Kent, occupying the eastern part of the Lathe of Sutton at Hone.[1] Codsheath was also recorded as "Codsede" in ancient records.[2] The Hundred of Codsheath was included in the Domesday Book of 1086, that records it as having 203 houses, 44 in Sundridge and 159 in Otford.[3] The hundred borders six others, four in the Sutton-at-Hone Lathe, and two of the Lathe of Aylesford to the east. Hundreds that border Codsheath are Somerden to the south; Westerham and Edenbridge to the west; the Hundred of Ruxley to the north-west; Axstane Hundred to the north-east, all within the lath of Sutton-at-Hone; and the Aylesford hundreds of Wrotham to the east, and Lowy of Tunbridge to the south-east.[1]
The hundred comprises the ancient parishes of:
*: Detached part in Somerden hundred. Main part mapped as a hundred in its own right by Ordnance Survey.
†: Partly in Somerden and Washlingstone hundreds.
‡: Mostly in Washlingstone hundred.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 An Historical Atlas of Kent, edited by Terence Lawrence & David Killingray (2004) ISBN 1-86077-255-2 - Maps front cover and back cover inlay
- ↑ "The hundred of Codsheath: Introduction", in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 3 by Edward Hasted (Canterbury, 1797), pp. 1-2. posted at British History Online
- ↑ Hundred of Codsheath, in The Domesday Book (1086). posted at Opendomesday.org