Aylesbury Hundred

Aylesbury Hundred was a hundred in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated in the centre of the county and was bounded on the east by Hertfordshire and on the west by Oxfordshire.

Aylesbury Hundred

Aylesbury Hundred (black) shown in Buckinghamshire
Area
  186166,207 acres (267.93 km2)[1]
Population
  188727,913[2]
History
  Created11th century
  Abolished1887s
StatusHundred
  HQAylesbury
Subdivisions
  TypeParishes

History

Until at least the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086 there were 18 hundreds in Buckinghamshire.[3] It has been suggested however that neighbouring hundreds had already become more closely associated in the 11th century so that by the end of the 14th century the original or ancient hundreds had been consolidated into 8 larger hundreds.[4] Aylesbury became the name of the hundred formed from the combined 11th century hundreds of Aylesbury, Risborough and Stone although these original names still persisted in official records until at least the early part of the 17th century. The court leet for Aylesbury hundred was located at Aylesbury.

Parishes and hamlets

Aylesbury hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly medieval vills), allocated to their respective 13th century hundred:[5]

   

Aylesbury Risborough Stone
Aylesbury (with Walton)Bledlow (with Bledlow Ridge)Cuddington
Aston ClintonHorsendenDinton (with Ford and Upton)
Bierton (with Broughton)Monks RisboroughHaddenham
BucklandPrinces RisboroughGreat Hampden
Ellesborough Little Hampden
Halton Hartwell
Hulcott Great Kimble
The Lee Little Kimble
Great Missenden Stone
Little Missenden  
Stoke Mandeville  
Weston Turville  
Wendover  

See also

References

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