Manshead Hundred
Manshead is a hundred of Bedfordshire. It encompasses the south-west part of the county, stretching from Salford to Studham and from Leighton Buzzard to Houghton Regis and Dunstable.[1] It had a population of 110,524 in 2011.
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:
*: Partly in Hertfordshire.
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.[3]
- Manshead Upper School took the name of the Hundred after much discussion in 1972 when comprehensive schools were introduced in Dunstable.[4]
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.
- ↑ 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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Barford • Biggleswade • Clifton • Flitt • Manshead • Redbournestoke • Stodden • Willey • Wixamtree |