Hundred of Whitstone
| Whitstone Hundred | |
|---|---|
| Area | |
| 33,150 acres (13,420 ha) | |
| Status | Hundred |
| • HQ | Shepton Mallet |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Parishes |
| • Units | Stoke Lane |
The Hundred of Whitstone is one of the 40 historical
King Edgar. The name of the hundred was normally that of its meeting-place.[4]
The Hundred of Whitstone consisted of the ancient parishes of:
Stoke Lane. It covered an area of 33,150 acres (13,420 ha).[5]
The hundred courts were held at
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[8] and the introduction of districts by the Local Government Act 1894.[9]
References
- ^ "Whitstone Somerset". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ "Administrative Units Typology | Status definition: Hundred". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- 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 21 October 2011.
- ISBN 0-9503615-3-4.
- ISBN 978-0-9500568-1-4.
- ^ 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.