Entre la época anglosajona y el siglo XIX, el condado inglés de Essex se dividió con fines administrativos en 19 centenares , además de Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower y los distritos de Colchester , Harwich y Maldon . Cada cien tenía un consejo independiente que se reunía cada mes para pronunciarse sobre asuntos judiciales y fiscales locales.
Essex probablemente se originó como un condado en la época de Æthelstan . [1] El Domesday Survey enumeró mil novecientos, correspondiendo muy de cerca en extensión y en nombre con los que estaban en uso hasta principios del siglo XX. [1] El medio centenar adicional de Thunreslan en la frontera con Suffolk ya no existe, [1] y el centenar de Witbrictesherna pasó a llamarse Dengie. La libertad de Havering-atte-Bower se formó a partir de tierras tomadas de Becontree cien. [1] [2]
Parroquias
A principios del siglo XIX, los centenares contenían las siguientes parroquias: [3]
Centenar | Superficie (acres) [4] | Parroquias |
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Barstable | 71,373 | Basildon , Bowers Gifford , Bulphan , Chadwell , Corringham , Doddinghurst , Downham , Dunton , East Horndon , East Tilbury , Fobbing , Great Burstead , Horndon-on-the-Hill , Hutton , Ingrave , Laindon , Langdon Hills , Lee Chapel , Little Burstead , Little Thurrock , Mucking , Nevendon , North Benfleet , Orsett , Pitsea , Ramsden Bellhouse , Ramsden Crays , Shenfield , South Benfleet , Stanford-le-Hope , Thundersley , Vange , West Horndon , West Tilbury , Wickford |
Becontree | 37,705 | Ladridos , Dagenham , East Ham , Ilford , Leyton , Little Ilford , Walthamstow , Wanstead , West Ham |
Chafford | 34,703 | Aveley , Brentwood , Childerditch , Cranham , Grays Thurrock , Great Warley , Little Warley , North Ockendon , Rainham , South Ockendon , South Weald , Stifford , Upminster , Wennington , West Thurrock |
Chelmsford | 85,536 | Great Baddow , Little Baddow , Blackmore , Boreham , Broomfield , Buttsbury , Chelmsford , Chignal St James , Chignal Smealy , Danbury , Fryerning , East Hanningfield , West Hanningfield , South Hanningfield , Ingatestone , Great Leighs , Little Leighs , Margaretting , Mountnessing , Rettendon , Roxwell , Runwell , Sandon , Springfield , Bolsa , Great Waltham , Little Waltham , Widford , Woodham Ferrers (Ferris), Writtle |
Clavering | 19,987 | Berden , Clavering , Farnham , Langley , Manuden , Ugley |
Dengie | 58,542 | Althorne , Asheldham , Bradwell-on-Sea , Burnham , fría Norton , Creeksea , Dengie , Hazeleigh , Latchingdon , San Lorenzo , Mayland , Mundon , Norte Fambridge , Purleigh , Southminster , Espadaña , Stow Maries , Tillingham , Woodham Mortimer , Woodham Walter |
Dunmow | 52,171 | Barnston , Broxted , Great Canfield , Little Canfield , Chickney , Great Dunmow , Little Dunmow , Good Easter , High Easter , Great Easton , Little Easton , Lindsell , Mashbury , Pleshey , Aythorpe Roding , Berners Roding , High Roding , Leaden Roding , Margaret Roding , White Roding , Shellow Bowels , Thaxted , Tilty , Willingale Doe , Willingale España |
Freshwell | 28,728 | Ashdon , Great Bardfield , Little Bardfield , Bardfield Saling , Helions Bumpstead , Hadstock , Hempstead , Radwinter , Great Sampford , Little Sampford |
Harlow | 30.193 | Great Hallingbury , Little Hallingbury , Harlow , Hatfield Broad Oak , Latton , Matching , Netteswell , Great Parndon , Little Parndon , Sheering |
Havering (libertad) | 12550 | Havering-atte-Bower , Hornchurch , Romford |
Hinckford | 110,566 | Alphamstone , Ashen , Belchamp Otten , Belchamp St Paul , Belchamp Walter , Birdbrook , Bocking , Borley , Braintree , Bulmer , Steeple Bumpstead , Bures , Felsted , Finchingfield , Foxearth , Gestingthorpe , Gosfield , Halstead , Great Henny , Little Henny , Haverhill , Castillo Hedingham , Sible Hedingham , Lamarsh , Liston , Great Maplestead , Little Maplestead , Middleton , Ovington , Panfield , Pebmarsh , Pentlow , Rayne , Ridgewell , Great Saling , Shalford , Stambourne , Stebbing , Stisted , Sturmer , Tilbury , Toppesfield , Twinstead , Wethersfield , Wickham St Paul , Gran Yeldham , Pequeño Yeldham |
Lexden | 62,476 | West Bergholt , Great Birch , En caja , Dedham , East Donyland , Easthorpe , Fordham , Great Horkesley , Little Horkesley , Langham , Mount Bures , Stanway , Wivenhoe , Wormingford , Aldham , Chappel , Great Coggeshall , Earls Colne , Colne Engaine , Wakes Colne , White Colne , Copford , Feering , Inworth , Markshall , Messing , Pattiswick , Great Tey , Little Tey , Marks Tey |
Ongar | 56.994 | Abadesa Roding , Beauchamp Roding , Berners Roding , Bobbingworth , Chigwell , Chipping Ongar , Fyfield , Greensted , High Laver , High Ongar , Kelvedon Hatch , Lambourne , Little Laver , Loughton , Magdalen Laver , Moreton , Navestock , North Weald Bassett , Norton Mandeville , Shelley , ríos Stanford , Stapleford Abbotts , Stapleford Tawney , Stondon Massey , Theydon Bois , Theydon Garnon , Theydon Mount |
Rochford | 58.639 | Ashingdon , Barling , Canewdon , Eastwood , South Fambridge , Foulness , Hadleigh , Havengore Marsh , Hawkwell , Hockley , Leigh , Paglesham , Prittlewell , Rawreth , Rayleigh , Rochford , Shopland , North Shoebury , South Shoebury , Southchurch , Great Stambridge , Little Stambridge , Sutton , gran despertar , pequeño despertar |
Tender | 83,011 | Alresford , Ardleigh , Beaumont-cum-Moze , Great Bentley , Little Bentley , Bradfield , Brightlingsea , Great Bromley , Little Bromley , Great Clacton , Little Clacton , Elmstead , Frating , Frinton , Great Holland , Little Holland , Kirby , Lawford , Manningtree , Mistley , Great Oakley , Little Oakley , St Osyth , Ramsey , Tendring , Thorpe-le-Soken , Thorrington , Walton-le-Soken , Weeley , Wix , Wrabness |
Inestable | 24,776 | Goldhanger , Heybridge , Langford , Tollesbury , Tolleshunt D'Arcy , Tolleshunt Knights , Tolleshunt Major , Great Totham , Little Totham , Wickham Bishops |
Uttlesford | 48,781 | Arkesden , Birchanger , Great Chesterford , poco Chesterford , Gran Chishill , poco Chishill , Chrishall , Debden , elmdon , Elsenham , Heydon , Henham , Littlebury , Newport , Quendon , Rickling , Stansted Mountfitchet , Strethall , Takeley , Wenden Lofts , Ambo , Wicken Bonhunt , Widdington , Wimbish |
Waltham | 23,098 | Chingford , Epping , Nazeing , Abadía de Waltham |
Winstree | 23.685 | Abberton , Fingringhoe , Langenhoe , Layer Breton , Layer de la Haye , Layer Marney , East Mersea , West Mersea , Peldon , Salcott , Virley , Great Wigborough , Little Wigborough |
Witham | 36,684 | Bradwell , Great Braxted , Little Braxted , Cressing , Fairstead , Faulkbourne , Little Coggeshall , Hatfield Peverel , Kelvedon , Black Notley , White Notley , Rivenhall , Terling , Ulting , Witham |
Referencias
- ^ a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica . 9 (11ª ed.). Prensa de la Universidad de Cambridge. págs. 783–786.
- ^ "Los cien de Becontree: Introducción" . Una historia del condado de Essex: Volumen 5. 1966.
- ^ "Essex" . Una historia del condado de Essex.
- ^ Juan Bartolomé (1887). Diccionario geográfico de las Islas Británicas .
Ver también
- Historia de Essex
- Lista de cientos de Inglaterra y Gales