Salford Hundred
| Salfordshire | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Area | |
| • 1831 | 212,170 acres (859 km²) |
| History | |
| • Created | 12th century |
| • Abolished | 31 January 1971 |
| Status | Hundred |
| • HQ | Salford |
The hundred of Salford was an ancient division of the historic county of Lancashire, in northern England. It was established in the 12th century as Salfordshire – the name alluding to its judicial centre being the township of Salford (the suffix -shire meaning the territory was appropriated to the prefixed settlement). It is also known as the Royal Manor of Salford[1] and the Salford wapentake.[2]
Salford was used in matters of taxation and justice. It had a court used for various transactions of public business and cases of small debts. Exceptionally for hundred courts, Salford survived until the 19th century.[2]
The area it occupied, 212,170 acres (859 km2), corresponds loosely to the modern metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, though excludes those parts from the historic county boundaries of Cheshire, as well as most of that that forms the modern Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. Its area also extended into territory north of what is now Greater Manchester, including parts of Rossendale and Todmorden.
The parish of Manchester formed part of Salfordshire. It has been suggested that a Manchester-shire hundred was not favoured over one centred at Salford because Manchester had been ravaged as part of the Danish occupation.[3]
The parish of Rochdale, in Salfordshire, included the chapelry of Saddleworth from the historic county boundaries of Yorkshire.[2][4]
Parishes and townships
Salfordshire comprised several parishes and townships during its history. These were not static, and changed according to the construction of churches and chapels and increases in population. For example, the township of Hundersfield was one of Rochdale parish's four original townships, but was itself split into four.[1] Simillarly, Prestwich-cum-Oldham was later split into two separate parishes of Prestwich and Oldham.
In 1830, Salfordshire was documented to consist of the following parishes and townships:[5]
See also
References
- ^ Salford City Council (2004-05-25). "Salford's Local History" (http). salford.gov.uk. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ a b c Anon (2003-07-31). "A select gazetteer of local government areas, Greater Manchester County". Greater Manchester County Records Office. Retrieved 2008-02-21. Cite error: The named reference "GM Gazetteer" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Salford". 1911encyclopedia.org. 1911. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
{{cite web}}: Text "format" ignored (help) - ^ British History Online. "The Hundred of Salford". Victoria County History. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ Cooper, Salford: An Illustrated History, p. 8
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41438
