- Cottesloe (hundred)
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Coordinates: 51°51′55″N 0°35′14″W / 51.8653°N 0.5872°W
Cottesloe Hundred 
Geography Status Hundred 1851 area 70,922 acres (287.01 km2)[1] HQ Edlesborough History Created 11th century Abolished 1880s 1861 population 20,681[2] Subdivisions Type Parishes Cottesloe Hundred was a hundred in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It extended from close to the north of the county and Northamptonshire south-east to the Hertfordshire boundary at Berkhampsted.
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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.[3] Cottesloe became the name of the hundred formed from the combined 11th century hundreds of Cottesloe, Mursley and Yardley, although these original names still persisted in official records until at least the early part of the 17th century. The court leet for Cottesloe hundred was usually held twice a year at Edlesborough.
Parishes and hamlets
Cotteslow hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly medieval vills), allocated to their respective 11th century hundred:[4]
Cottesloe Mursley Yardley Aston Abbots Drayton Parslow Cheddington Creslow Dunton Cholesbury Cublington Hoggeston Drayton Beauchamp Grove Great Horwood (with Singleborough) Edlesborough (with Dagnall, Hadnall and Northall) Hardwick (with Weedon) Little Horwood Hawridge Linslade Mursley (with Salden) Ivinghoe (with Ivinghoe Aston, Horton, Seabrook and St Margarets) Mentmore (with Ledburn) Soulbury Marsworth Whitchurch Stewkley Pitstone (with Nettleden and Friesden) Wing Swanbourne Slapton Wingrave (with Rowsham) Shenley (part of) Tattenhoe Whaddon (with Nash) Winslow See also
References
- ^ Vision of Britain - Cottesloe Area Retrieved May 21, 2009
- ^ Vision of Britain - Cottesloe Population Retrieved May 21, 2009
- ^ Genuki - History of Buckinghaham Hundreds Retrieved, May 21 2009
- ^ History on Line - Victoria County History A History of the County of Buckingham - Cottesloe Hundred: Volume 3 (1925), pp. 326-327. Retrieved, May 21 2009
Categories:- Hundreds of Buckinghamshire
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