Aylesbury Hundred

English Administrative Division

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Aylesbury Hundred

Aylesbury Hundred (black) shown in Buckinghamshire
Area|
• 1861| 66,207 acres (267.93 km2)[1]
Population|
• 1887| 27,913[2]
History|
• Created| 11th century
• Abolished| 1887s
Status| Hundred
• HQ| Aylesbury
Subdivisions|
• Type| Parishes

Aylesbury Hundred was a hundred in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated in the centre of the county and was bounded on the east by Hertfordshire and on the west by Oxfordshire.

## History

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Until at least the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086 there were 18 hundreds in Buckinghamshire.[3] 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.[4] Aylesbury became the name of the hundred formed from the combined 11th century hundreds of Aylesbury, Risborough and Stone although these original names still persisted in official records until at least the early part of the 17th century. The court leet for Aylesbury hundred was located at Aylesbury.

## Parishes and hamlets

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Aylesbury hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly medieval vills), allocated to their respective 13th century hundred:[5]

Aylesbury  | Risborough  | Stone

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Aylesbury (with Walton) | Bledlow (with Bledlow Ridge) | Cuddington
Aston Clinton | Horsenden | Dinton (with Ford and Upton)
Bierton (with Broughton) | Monks Risborough | Haddenham
Buckland | Princes Risborough | Great Hampden
Ellesborough |  | Little Hampden
Halton |  | Hartwell
Hulcott |  | Great Kimble
The Lee |  | Little Kimble
Great Missenden |  | Stone
Little Missenden |  |
Stoke Mandeville |  |
Weston Turville |  |
Wendover |  |

## See also

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* List of hundreds of England and Wales

## References

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1. ^ Vision of Britain - Aylesbury Area Retrieved, May 23 2009
2. ^ Vision of Britain - Aylesbury Population Retrieved, May 23 2009
3. ^ Open Domesday Online: Buckinghamshire
4. ^ Genuki - History of Buckinghaham Hundreds Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved, May 21 2009
5. ^ History on Line - Victoria County History - A History of the County of Buckingham - Aylesbury Hundred: Volume 2, (1908), pp. 245-246. Retrieved, May 23 2009