Isleworth Hundred
subdivision of the historic county of Middlesex, England. In Domesday Book (1086) it was recorded as Hundeslaw Hundred ("Hounslow Hundred" in modern spelling).[1]
It contained three parishes, whose acreage and square miles area is given as at the 1870s-1880s:[2][3][4]
| Heston | 3720 acres | = 15.1 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi) |
| Isleworth | 3143 acres | = 12.7 square kilometres (4.9 sq mi) |
| Twickenham | 2249 acres | = 9.1 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi) |
In 1801 Middlesex measured 734 km².[5] This, the smallest of the county's six hundreds, amounted to 5% of that area.
The hundred's name means 'enclosure of Gislhere'.[6]
All of the above area in earliest records was exceptionally part of one manor, that of Isleworth based at
Assize Rolls, subsidy rolls and other central government and manorial court documents, save for a similar reference to Isleworth Hundred in a charter of the 12th century, Hampton is listed as unequivocally part of Spelthorne Hundred. This is explained by the abbey's and then the Percy family's holdings there.[7]
Further named clusters of buildings (sometimes termed hamlets) emerged during its relevant currency:
- Hounslow which was from the 16th century straddled the divide between the first-two named parishes.
- Whitton in the parish of Twickenham
- North Hyde in the parish of Heston
- Sutton in the parish of Heston
- Lampton in the parish of Heston
- Worton in the parish of Isleworth
- Wyke in the parish of Isleworth
- Scrattage (now part of Osterley) in the parish of Heston[8][9]
See also
Other Middlesex hundreds:
- Elthorne
- Spelthorne
- Gore
- Ossulston or Ossulstone
- Edmonton
References
- ^ "The hundred of Isleworth", A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3, (1962), accessed 6 January 2008.
- ^ "History of Heston, in Hounslow and Middlesex | Map and description". Archived from the original on 17 May 2013.
- ^ "History of Twickenham, in Richmond upon Thames and Middlesex | Map and description". Archived from the original on 7 August 2013.
- ^ "History of Isleworth, in Hounslow and Middlesex | Map and description". Archived from the original on 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Table of population, 1801-1901". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 22. 1911. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ a b c "The hundred of Isleworth | British History Online".
- ^ "Genuki: Heston, Middlesex".
- ^ "Heston and Isleworth: Introduction | British History Online".