Newport Hundred

Newport Hundred was a hundred in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated in the north of the county and forming the boundary with the counties of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. It was commonly known as 'the three hundreds of Newport' because it amalgamated three earlier (11C) hundreds: Bonestou, Moulsoe and Siglelai (or Seckley/Seckloe/Secklow). Its modern equivalent is the Borough of Milton Keynes, which covers almost exactly the same area (plus a little of the former Winslow Hundred, itself one of 18 ancient hundreds amalgamated under the administrative control of Cottesloe Hundred).

For the ancient hundred of Monmouthshire, also called Newport, see Wentloog Hundred.

Newport Hundred

Area
 • 186174,481 acres (301.41 km2)[1]
Population
 • 186127,879[2]
History
 • Created13th century[3]
 • Abolished1880s
StatusHundred
 • HQGayhurst
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.[4] Newport became the name of the hundred formed from the combined 11th century hundreds of Bonestou, Moulsoe and Sigelai although these original names still persisted in official records until at least the early part of the 17th century. The court leet for Buckingham hundred was every three weeks near Gayhurst and in 1830 also took place at the Swan Inn Newport Pagnell.[3]

Traces of the moot hill of Sigelai Hundred were discovered by archaeologists working for Milton Keynes Development Corporation, during the construction of Central Milton Keynes; the site is behind the central library and has been reconstructed.[5]

Parishes and hamlets

Newport hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly medieval vills), allocated to their respective 11th century hundred:[3]

Bonestou Moulsoe Sigelai
Cold BrayfieldAstwood and Water EatonBletchley (with Fenny Stratford)
GayhurstBroughtonBradwell
Hanslope (with Castlethorpe)Bow BrickhillBradwell Abbey
HavershamLittle BrickhillCalverton
LathburyGreat BrickhillGreat Linford
LavendonChicheleyLoughton
Little LinfordClifton ReynesNewport Pagnell (with Caldecote)
Newton BlossomvilleNorth CrawleyNewton Longville
Olney (with Warrington)Emberton (with Petsoe Manor)Shenley (part of)
RavenstoneFenny StratfordSimpson
Stoke GoldingtonHardmeadStantonbury
Tyringham (with Filgrave)Milton KeynesStoke Hammond
Weston UnderwoodMoulsoeStony Stratford
 SheringtonWillen
 WaltonGreat Woolstone
 WavendonLittle Woolstone
  Wolverton
  Woughton on the Green

See also

References
  1. Vision of Britain - Newport Area Retrieved, May 22 2009
  2. Vision of Britain - Newport Population Retrieved, May 22 2009
  3. History on Line - Victoria County History - A History of the County of Buckingham - Newport Hundred: Volume 4, (1927), pp. 268-269. Retrieved, May 22 2009
  4. Genuki - History of Buckinghaham Hundreds Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved, May 21 2009
  5. Source: Information board on the site.
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