Holmstrow (hundred)
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| Holmstrow | |
|---|---|
Map showing location of Holmstrow hundred in Sussex. | |
| Area | |
| • 1831 | 6,710 acres (27 km2)[1] |
| Population | |
| • 1831 | 1,748 [2] |
| History | |
| • Created | in antiquity |
| • Abolished | 1884 - 1965, |
| Status | obsolete |
| Government | hundred |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Parishes |
| • Units | Newhaven, Piddinghoe, Rodmell, Southease, Telscombe. |
Holmstrow Hundred was an administrative unit in the Rape of Lewes in the eastern division of the county of Sussex, until the abolition of hundreds in the 19th century. It contained the villages of Meeching (now Newhaven), Piddinghoe, Telscombe, Southease and Rodmell.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Holmstrow Hundred - area". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Holmstrow Hundred - Total population". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 11. H M Stationery Office. 1831.