Toltingtrough
| Toltingtrough | |
|---|---|
| Former subdivision of England | |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 51°23′44″N 0°19′37″E / 51.395480°N 0.326980°E |
| History | |
| • Origin | Anglo-Saxon period |
| • Created | pre-1066 |
| • Abolished | 1894 |
| • Succeeded by | Gravesend |
| Status | obsolete |
| Government | Hundred |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Parishes (see text) |
| • Units | Parishes |
Toltingtrough (or Toltingtrow) was a
Edward I, the archbishop of Canterbury
appears to have been then lord of this Hundred.
In the 20th year of king
Edward III, on the levying 40 shillings on every knight's fee, this Hundred answered for four knights fees and a half.[2]
The hundred included the parishes of
- Gravesend
- Ifield
- Luddesdown
- Meopham
- Milton
- Northfleet
- Nurstead
The town of Gravesend & Milton was incorporated during the reign of Elizabeth I and encompassed the parishes of Gravesend and Milton. Milton civil parish was abolished in 1915.
Nurstead and Ifield civil parishes were abolished in 1935, when they were incorporated into Cobham.[3]
The
Borough of Gravesham
created in 1974 contains the same area, plus Chalk, Higham, Shorne and Cobham.
The importance of the hundred courts declined from the 17th century, and most of their powers were extinguished with the establishment of county courts in 1867. In 1894 the Hundred was succeeded by
Gravesend.[4]
The area and population of each parish and the totals for the Hundred were as follows:[5]
| Parish | Area (acres) |
Pop. 1891 |
|---|---|---|
| Gravesend | 564 | 9940 |
| Ifield | 313 | 81 |
| Luddesdown | 1995 | 320 |
| Meopham | 4713 | 1170 |
| Milton | 695 | 13936 |
| Northfleet | 3934 | 11717 |
| Nurstead | 522 | 56 |
| TOTAL | 12736 | 37220 |
Notes
- ^ "Toltingtrough Hundred". Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ^ See The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1, author:Edward Hasted, publ. 1797
- ^ "Gravesend". Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- ^ See http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk
- ISBN 9780712906081