Elmbridge Hundred
The Elmbridge Hundred or Emley Hundred is a hundred of Surrey, in the north of the county. It is bounded by the Thames to the north, across which is the hundred of Spelthorne, Middlesex; to the east by the hundred of Kingston; to the south by the hundreds of Copthorne and Effingham; to the south-west by the hundred of Woking; and to the west by that of Godley. It had a population of 111,938 at the 2011 census.
The name of the hundred refers to a bridge over the River Mole, which was originally called the River Emel or Amele, a word possibly meaning 'misty' and later had the alternate form Emlyn; the bridge may have been between Hersham and Esher (close to the modern bridge bearing the A244 Hersham road).
History
Elmbridge appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Amelebrige. In a Subsidy Roll of about 1334 the area was valued at £24 0s. 6d, although it is not clear if this was a collective tax demand figure of the manors of the hundred.[1]
Scope
The ancient parishes within the hundred are:
- Cobham
- Esher
- East and West Molesey
- Stoke D'Abernon
- Thames Ditton (part, including Weston Green)*
- Walton-on-Thames
- Weybridge
*: Partly in Kingston hundred.
At times bundled in with it were:
- Tolworth and
- Chessington.[2]
References
- ↑ The hundred of Elmbridge: Introduction and map – A History of the County of Surrey - Volume : {{{2}}} (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Edward William Brayley, Gideon Algernon Mantell (1850). A topographical history of Surrey. G. Willis. p. 251. http://books.google.com/books?id=23VKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA251. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
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Blackheath • Brixton • Copthorne • Effingham (half) • Elmbridge • Farnham • Godalming • Godley • Kingston • Reigate • Tandridge • Wallington • Woking • Wotton |