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'''Woking''' is a hundred of [[Surrey]]. It includes the town of [[Woking]] and the surrounding parishes. | '''Woking''' is a hundred of [[Surrey]]. It includes the town of [[Woking]] and the surrounding parishes. | ||
The Hundred comprises the | The Hundred comprises the ancient parishes of: | ||
*[[Ash, Surrey|Ash]], | *[[Ash, Surrey|Ash]], | ||
*[[East Clandon]], | *[[East Clandon]], | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 20 July 2015
Woking is a hundred of Surrey. It includes the town of Woking and the surrounding parishes.
The Hundred comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Ash,
- East Clandon,
- West Clandon,
- East Horsley,
- West Horsley,
- Merrow,
- Ockham,
- Pirbright,
- Send and Ripley,
- Stoke Juxta Guildford,
- Wanborough,
- Windlesham,
- Wisley,
- Woking and
- Worplesdon.[1]
Minor clerical errors and convenience groupings of other parishes have occurred in some mediæval centrally held records at Lambeth and Westminster Palaces for example.[2]
In the time of Edward the Confessor, the Hundred was worth £88; by the Domesday Book of 1086 it was worth £125. By 1696, it was worth £297 for taxation purposes.[2]
References
- ↑ Woking Hundred
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The hundred of Woking: Introduction and map – A History of the County of - Volume : {{{2}}} (Victoria County History)