Ashendon Hundred

Ashendon Hundred was a hundred in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated in the centre of the county and bordering to the west the county of Oxfordshire near Thame. There was also a small detached portion of the hundred located just to the north west of Aylesbury.

Ashendon Hundred

Area
 • 185164,841 acres (262.40 km2)[1]
Population
 • 186111,641[2]
History
 • Created11th century
 • Abolished1880s
StatusHundred
 • HQTowersey
Subdivisions
 • TypeParishes

History

Until at least the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086 there were 18 hundreds in Buckinghamshire. 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.[3] Ashendon became the name of the hundred formed from the combined 11th century hundreds of Ashendon, Ixhill and Waddesden, although these original names still persisted in official records until at least the early part of the 17th century. The court leet for Ashendon hundred was usually held twice a year at Towersey, which today is in Oxfordshire. More minor matters could be dealt with at a lesser leet which met every three weeks at Brill.

Parishes and hamlets

Ashendon hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly medieval vills), allocated to their respective 11th century hundred:[4]

Ashendon Ixhill Waddesden
AshendonAston SandfordEast Claydon
ChearsleyBoarstallMiddle Claydon
Grendon UnderwoodBrill with KingswoodGranborough
HogshawChiltonFleet Marston
LudgershallLong CrendonNorth Marston
OvingDortonPitchcott
QuaintonIckfordQuarrendon
Nether and Upper WinchendonIlmerWaddesdon (with Westcott)
Wotton UnderwoodKingseyWoodham
 Oakley 
 Shabbington 
 Towersey 
 Worminghall 

See also

References
  1. Vision of Britain - Ashondon Area Retrieved, May 22 2009
  2. Vision of Britain - Ashendon Population Retrieved, May 22 2009
  3. Genuki - History of Buckinghaham Hundreds Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved, May 21 2009
  4. History on Line - Victoria County History A History of the County of Buckingham - Ashendon Hundred: Volume 4, (1927), pp. 1-2. Retrieved, May 22 2009
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