Biggleswade Hundred
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Biggleswade Hundred is a hundred in the east of Bedfordshire, adjacent to the borders with Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire. The hundred consists of the town of Biggleswade and its surrounding area.[1] It had a population in 2011 of 38,307, rising slightly to 38,361 if detached parts are disregarded.
Parishes
The hundred contains the following ancient parishes:
- Astwick
- Little Barford
- Biggleswade
- Cockayne Hatley
- Dunton
- Everton
- Eyeworth
- Langford
- Potton
- Sandy (except Beeston)*
- Sutton
- Tempsford
- Wrestlingworth
*: In Wixamtree hundred.
Additionally, a detached part of Tetworth (otherwise in Huntingdonshire) is locally situate within Biggleswade hundred.
Outside links
References
- ↑ Biggleswade Hundred – Introduction - A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2 (pp. 201–202)
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