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Revision as of 09:44, 27 June 2016
Huntingdonshire is divided into 4 hundreds plus the borough of Huntingdon in the centre. Each hundred anciently had a separate hundred moot, a council or court, that met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters, and though the moots have not been abolished, they ceased to function or meet some centuries ago and their jurisdiction was removed in the nineteenth century, leaving them moribund.
The four hundreds are roughly equally-sized:
These four respectively fill the northern, western, eastern and southern quarters of the county.[1]
The hundreds are of very early origin, and that of Norman Cross is referred to in 963 (the name means "Norseman's Cross", not a native of Normandy). The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the county by hundreds, and besides the four existing hundreds of Norman Cross, Toseland, Hurstingstone and Leightonstone, which from their assessment appear to have been double hundreds, mentions an additional hundred of Kimbolton, since absorbed in Leightonstone. Huntingdon was assessed separately at 50 hides.
Parishes
At the start of the 19th century, the hundreds contained the following parishes:
See also
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Huntingdon: William Page, Granville Proby, S. Inskip Ladds (editors), Victoria County History
