Hundred of North Curry
| North Curry Hundred | |
|---|---|
| Area | |
| 12,940 acres (5,240 ha) | |
| Status | Thurlbear, and Thorne Falcon |
The Hundred of North Curry is one of the 40 historical
King Edgar. The name of the hundred was normally that of its meeting-place.[4]
The Hundred of North Curry consisted of the ancient parishes of:
Thurlbear, and Thorne Falcon. It covered an area of 12,940 acres (5,240 ha).[5]
The Hundred was known as Northcuri in 1189 when
Richard I gave it to the church in Wells and Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin. In 1242 the Hundred was given to Wells Cathedral by Jocelin of Wells.[6]
The importance of the hundred courts declined from the seventeenth century. By the 19th century several different single-purpose subdivisions of counties, such as poor law unions, sanitary districts, and highway districts sprang up, filling the administrative role previously played by parishes and hundreds. Although the Hundreds have never been formally abolished, their functions ended with the establishment of county courts in 1867[7] and the introduction of districts by the Local Government Act 1894.[8]
References
- ^ "North Curry Hundred". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ "Administrative Units Typology | Status definition: Hundred". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- Somerset County Council. Archived from the originalon 14 August 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Summary". Institute of Archaeology. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ Dix, Angela. "North Curry under the Bishops of Bath and Wells". North Curry A Place in History. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ County Courts Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 142) s.28
- ^ "Mapping the Hundreds of England and Wales in GIS". University of Cambridge Department of Geography. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2011.