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'''Bath Forum''' is one of the | '''Bath Forum''' is one of the [[hundred]]s of [[Somerset]], dating from before the Norman conquest. The Bath Hundred had various names over the centuries including '''The Hundred of Le Buri'''. The '''Bath Foreign Hundred''' or '''Forinsecum''' covering the area outside the city itself.<ref>{{cite book|last=Davenport|first=Peter|title=Medieval Bath Uncovered |year=2002 |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |isbn=0-7524-1965-X |pages=97–98}}</ref> | ||
The Hundred of Bath Forum is situated at the north-eastern point of the county, bounded on the north by the county of [[Gloucestershire|Gloucester]]; on the east by that of [[Wiltshire]]; on the west by the [[Keynsham Hundred|Hundred of Keynsham]]; and on the south and south-west by the [[Wellow Hundred|Hundred of Wellow]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Collected from Authentick Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr Edmund Rack Adorned with a Map of the County and Engravings of Roman and other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches and Gentleman's Seats.|author=Reverend John Collinson|volume=1|year=1791|pages=97|ISBN=978-1-171-40217-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EosgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA97}}</ref> | The Hundred of Bath Forum is situated at the north-eastern point of the county, bounded on the north by the county of [[Gloucestershire|Gloucester]]; on the east by that of [[Wiltshire]]; on the west by the [[Keynsham Hundred|Hundred of Keynsham]]; and on the south and south-west by the [[Wellow Hundred|Hundred of Wellow]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Collected from Authentick Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr Edmund Rack Adorned with a Map of the County and Engravings of Roman and other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches and Gentleman's Seats.|author=Reverend John Collinson|volume=1|year=1791|pages=97|ISBN=978-1-171-40217-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EosgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA97}}</ref> | ||
It contains the City of [[Bath]] and the surrounding ancient parishes of: | It contains the City of [[Bath]] (St James, St Michael and St Peter & Paul parishes) and the surrounding ancient parishes of: | ||
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*[[Charlcombe|Woolley]] | *[[Charlcombe|Woolley]] | ||
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Additionally, the liberty of Hampton and Claverton (occasionally considered as a hundred in its own right), comprising [[Bathampton]], [[Charlcome]] and [[Calverton]] is situated in Bath Forum. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 18 April 2019
Bath Forum is one of the hundreds of Somerset, dating from before the Norman conquest. The Bath Hundred had various names over the centuries including The Hundred of Le Buri. The Bath Foreign Hundred or Forinsecum covering the area outside the city itself.[1]
The Hundred of Bath Forum is situated at the north-eastern point of the county, bounded on the north by the county of Gloucester; on the east by that of Wiltshire; on the west by the Hundred of Keynsham; and on the south and south-west by the Hundred of Wellow.[2]
It contains the City of Bath (St James, St Michael and St Peter & Paul parishes) and the surrounding ancient parishes of:
Additionally, the liberty of Hampton and Claverton (occasionally considered as a hundred in its own right), comprising Bathampton, Charlcome and Calverton is situated in Bath Forum.
References
- ↑ Davenport, Peter (2002). Medieval Bath Uncovered. Stroud: Tempus. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-7524-1965-X.
- ↑ Reverend John Collinson (1791). The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Collected from Authentick Records, and an Actual Survey Made by the Late Mr Edmund Rack Adorned with a Map of the County and Engravings of Roman and other Reliques, Town-seals, Baths, Churches and Gentleman's Seats.. 1. pp. 97. ISBN 978-1-171-40217-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=EosgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA97.
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Abdick and Bulstone • Andersfield • Bath Forum (inc. Hampton & Claverton liberty) • Bempstone • Brent-cum-Wrington • Bruton • Cannington • Carhampton • Catsash • Chew • Chewton • Crewkerne • Frome • Glaston Twelve Hides • Hartcliffe • Horethorne • Houndsborough • Huntspill and Puriton • Keynsham • Kilmersdon (inc. Mells & Leigh liberty) • Kingsbury • Martock • Milverton • North Curry • North Petherton • Norton Ferris • Pitney • Portbury • Somerton • South Petherton • Stone • Taunton Deane • Tintinhull • Wellow • Wells Forum • Whitley • Whitstone • Williton and Freemanners • Winterstoke |