Reigate (hundred)

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Coordinates: 51°12′14″N 0°11′31″W / 51.204°N 0.192°W / 51.204; -0.192

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Reigate is to the south of the Surrey hundreds

Reigate was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England. It includes the town of Reigate.

The Reigate hundred includes the parishes of: Betchworth, Burstow, Buckworth, Charlwood, Chipstead, Gatton, Horley, Leigh, Merstham, Nutfield and Reigate.[1]

In the Domesday Book of 1086, the hundred was known as Cherchefelle; in 1199 it became known as Reigate.

Reigate Castle lay within the Reigate hundred

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[edit] References

  1. ^ British History online
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