Elmbridge Hundred
The Elmbridge Hundred or Emley Hundred is a hundred of Surrey, in the north of the county.
The name of the hundred refers to a bridge over the River Mole, which was originally called the River Emel or Amele, a word possibly meaning 'misty' and later had the alternate form Emlyn; the bridge may have been between Hersham and Esher (close to the modern bridge bearing the A244 Hersham road).
History
Elmbridge appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Amelebrige. In a Subsidy Roll of about 1334 the area was valued at £24 0s. 6d, although it is not clear if this was a collective tax demand figure of the manors of the hundred.[1]
Scope
The ancient parishes within the hundred are:
- Cobham
- Esher
- East and West Molesey
- Stoke D'Abernon
- Thames Ditton (including Weston Green)
- Walton-on-Thames
- Weybridge
At times bundled in with it were:
- Tolworth and
- Chessington.[2]
References
- ↑ The hundred of Elmbridge: Introduction and map – A History of the County of Surrey - Volume : {{{2}}} (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Edward William Brayley, Gideon Algernon Mantell (1850). A topographical history of Surrey. G. Willis. p. 251. http://books.google.com/books?id=23VKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA251. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
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Blackheath • Brixton • Copthorne • Effingham (half) • Elmbridge • Farnham • Godalming • Godley • Kingston • Reigate • Tandridge • Wallington • Woking • Wotton |