- Newport, Buckinghamshire (hundred)
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Coordinates: 52°06′43″N 0°45′39″W / 52.11194°N 0.76083°W
Newport Hundred 
Geography Status Hundred 1861 area 74,481 acres (301.41 km2)[1] HQ Gayhurst History Created 11th century Abolished 1880s 1861 population 27,879[2] Subdivisions Type Parishes Newport Hundred was a hundred in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated in the north of the county and forming the boundary with the counties of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. It was commonly known as 'the three hundreds of Newport' because it amalgamated three earlier (11C) hundreds: Bonestou, Moulsoe and Siglelai (or Seckley).
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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] Newport became the name of the hundred formed from the combined 11th century hundreds of Bonestou, Moulsoe and Sigelai although these original names still persisted in official records until at least the early part of the 17th century. The court leet for Buckingham hundred was every three weeks near Gayhurst and in 1830 also took place at the Swan Inn Newport Pagnell.[4]
Parishes and hamlets
Newport hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly medieval vills), allocated to their respective 11th century hundred:[4]
Bonestou Moulsoe Sigelai Cold Brayfield Astwood and Water Eaton Bletchley (with Fenny Stratford) Gayhurst Broughton Bradwell Hanslope (with Castlethorpe) Bow Brickhill Bradwell Abbey Haversham Little Brickhill Calverton Lathbury Great Brickhill Great Linford Lavendon Chicheley Loughton Little Linford Clifton Reynes Newport Pagnell (with Caldecote) Newton Blossomville North Crawley Newton Longville Olney (with Warrington) Emberton (with Petsoe Manor) Shenley (part of) Ravenstone Fenny Stratford Simpson Stoke Goldington Hardmead Stantonbury Tyringham (with Filgrave) Milton Keynes Stoke Hammond Weston Underwood Moulsoe Stony Stratford Sherington Willen Walton Great Woolstone Wavendon Little Woolstone Wolverton Woughton on the Green See also
References
- ^ Vision of Britain - Newport Area Retrieved, May 22 2009
- ^ Vision of Britain - Newport Population Retrieved, May 22 2009
- ^ Genuki - History of Buckinghaham Hundreds Retrieved, May 21 2009
- ^ a b History on Line - Victoria County History - A History of the County of Buckingham - Newport Hundred: Volume 4, (1927), pp. 268-269. Retrieved, May 22 2009
Categories:- Hundreds of Buckinghamshire
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