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The hundred contains the following parishes:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/GuidesToCollections/Hundreds.aspx|title=Bedfordshire Hundreds|publisher=Bedfordshire County Council}}</ref> | The hundred contains the following ancient parishes:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/GuidesToCollections/Hundreds.aspx|title=Bedfordshire Hundreds|publisher=Bedfordshire County Council}}</ref> | ||
[[Aspley Guise]], [[Battlesden]], [[Chalgrave]], [[Dunstable]], [[Eaton Bray]], [[Eversholt]], [[Harlington, Bedfordshire|Harlington]], [[Hockliffe]], [[Holcot]], [[Houghton Regis]], [[Husborne Crawley]], [[Leighton Buzzard]], [[Milton Bryan]], [[Potsgrove]], [[Salford, Bedfordshire|Salford]], [[Studham]], [[Tilsworth]], [[Tingrith]], [[Toddington, Bedfordshire|Toddington]], [[Totternhoe]], [[Westoning]], [[Whipsnade]], [[Woburn, Bedfordshire|Woburn]] | [[Aspley Guise]], [[Battlesden]], [[Chalgrave]], [[Dunstable]], [[Eaton Bray]], [[Eversholt]], [[Harlington, Bedfordshire|Harlington]], [[Hockliffe]], [[Holcot]], [[Houghton Regis]], [[Husborne Crawley]], [[Leighton Buzzard]], [[Milton Bryan]], [[Potsgrove]], [[Salford, Bedfordshire|Salford]], [[Studham]], [[Tilsworth]], [[Tingrith]], [[Toddington, Bedfordshire|Toddington]], [[Totternhoe]], [[Westoning]], [[Whipsnade]], [[Woburn, Bedfordshire|Woburn]] | ||
==Recent use of the name== | ==Recent use of the name== | ||
*When the Manshead Archaeological Society ([http://www.manshead.org.uk/ www.manshead.org.uk]) was formed in 1952, the name of the | *When the Manshead Archaeological Society ([http://www.manshead.org.uk/ www.manshead.org.uk]) was formed in 1952, the name of the hundred was chosen to embrace the intended area of activity.<ref>J. Schneider, "The Manshead Archaeological Society 1951–1991", ''Bedfordshire Archaeology'', 20, page 96, 1992.</ref> | ||
*[http://www.mansheadschool.co.uk/ Manshead Upper School] took the name of the Hundred after much discussion in 1972 when comprehensive schools were introduced in Dunstable.<ref>''Northfields School 1936–1986'', Dunstable Town Council, page 59.</ref> | *[http://www.mansheadschool.co.uk/ Manshead Upper School] took the name of the Hundred after much discussion in 1972 when comprehensive schools were introduced in Dunstable.<ref>''Northfields School 1936–1986'', Dunstable Town Council, page 59.</ref> | ||
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Manshead is a hundred of Bedfordshire. It encompasses the southwest part of the county, stretching from Salford to Studham and from Leighton Buzzard to Houghton Regis and Dunstable.[1]
The hundred is named after a site in Eversholt parish. The area west of the Watling Street is recorded in the Domesday Book as the half-hundred of Stanbridge, and there is also a mention of a hundred called Odecroft which may have covered the area south of the Ouzel Brook. By the early 14th century, these areas had effectively been incorporated into Manshead hundred.[2]
Parishes
The hundred contains the following ancient parishes:[3]
Aspley Guise, Battlesden, Chalgrave, Dunstable, Eaton Bray, Eversholt, Harlington, Hockliffe, Holcot, Houghton Regis, Husborne Crawley, Leighton Buzzard, Milton Bryan, Potsgrove, Salford, Studham, Tilsworth, Tingrith, Toddington, Totternhoe, Westoning, Whipsnade, Woburn
Recent use of the name
- When the Manshead Archaeological Society (www.manshead.org.uk) was formed in 1952, the name of the hundred was chosen to embrace the intended area of activity.[4]
- Manshead Upper School took the name of the Hundred after much discussion in 1972 when comprehensive schools were introduced in Dunstable.[5]
References
- ↑ Vision of Britain: Manshead Hundred Boundaries.
- ↑ F. R. Thorn, "Hundreds and wapentakes", in A. Williams and G. H. Martin (editors), The Bedfordshire Domesday, Alecto Historical Editions, 1991, ISBN 0-948459-84-0, pages 59, 63 and 64.
- ↑ "Bedfordshire Hundreds". Bedfordshire County Council. http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/GuidesToCollections/Hundreds.aspx.
- ↑ J. Schneider, "The Manshead Archaeological Society 1951–1991", Bedfordshire Archaeology, 20, page 96, 1992.
- ↑ Northfields School 1936–1986, Dunstable Town Council, page 59.
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