Codsheath: Difference between revisions

From Wikishire
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Newer edit →
Created page with "'''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..."
 
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
[[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/>


Revision as of 17:54, 2 November 2019

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.[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:

*: Parly in Somerden and Washlingstone hundreds.
†: Mostly in Washlingstone hundred.

References

  1. ↑ 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
  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
  3. ↑ Hundred of Codsheath, in The Domesday Book (1086). posted at Opendomesday.org
Hundreds of Kent

Lathe of Saint Augustine: Bewsborough • Bleangate • Bridge and Petham • Cornilo • Downhamford • Eastry • Kinghamford • Preston • Ringslow • Westgate • Whitstable • Wingham • Lathe of Shepway: Aloesbridge • Bircholt Barony • Bircholt Franchise • Folkestone • Ham • Heane • Hythe • Longport • Loningborough • Newchurch • Oxney • St Martin's Longport • Stowting • Street • Worth • Lathe of Scray: Barkley • Blackborne • Boughton • Calehill • Chart and Longbridge • Cranbrook • Faversham • Felborough • Great Barnfield • Marden • Milton • Rolvenden • Selbrittenden • Sheppey • Tenterden • Teynham • Wye • Lathe of Aylesford: Brenchley and Horsmonden • Chatham and Gillingham • Eyhorne • Hoo • Larkfield and Aylesford • Littlefield • Maidstone • Shamwell • Toltingtrough • Tunbridge Lowey • Twyford • Washlingstone • West Barnfield • Wrotham • Lathe of Sutton at Hone: Axtane • Dartford and Wilmington • Blackheath • Bromley and Beckenham • Codsheath • Little and Lessnes • Ruxley • Somerden • Westerham and Edenbridge

Retrieved from "https://wikishire.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Codsheath&oldid=66798"