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'''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/>