Dengie Hundred

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Dengie Hundred in Essex

The Hundred of Dengie is a hundred of Essex, in the east of the county, forming a peninsula between the Crouch and Blackwater estuaries. It is bounded by Thurstable Hundred to the north; by Rochford Hundred to the south; by Chelmsford Hundred to the west; and by Witham Hundred to the north-west. To the east is the North Sea. It had a population of 45,579 in 2011.

The hundred contains the ancient parishes of:

The ancient borough of Maldon is locally situate in Dengie hundred, although it forms a hundred of itself.

Hundreds of Essex

Barnstable • Becontree (including Havering liberty) • Chafford • Chelmsford • Clavering • Dengie (including Maldon) • Dunmow • Freshwell • Harlow • Hinckford • Lexden (including Colchester) • Ongar • Rochford • Tendring (including Harwich) • Thurstable • Uttlesford • Waltham • Winstree • Witham