Stoke Hundred

Historical division of Buckinghamshire, England

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Stoke Hundred

Area|
• 1861| 27,669 acres (111.97 km2)[1]
Population|
• 1861| 16911[2]
History|
• Created| 11th century
Status| Hundred
Subdivisions|
• Type| Parishes

Stoke Hundred is a hundred in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the south of the county and is bounded on the east by Middlesex and on the south by Berkshire.

## History

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Until at least the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086 there were 18 hundreds in Buckinghamshire. 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.[3] Stoke hundred is one of three hundreds which became collectively known as the Chiltern hundreds around the 13th century, the others being Burnham hundred and Desborough hundred. Even before this time these individual hundreds had become possessions of the Crown and were nominally stewarded as a royal bailiwick. The hundreds lost their collective 'Chilterns' title having become separately leased though retaining their individual administrative status as Buckinghamshire hundreds. Meanwhile the role of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds persisted in name only becoming an appointment of the House of Commons.

## Parishes and hamlets

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Stoke hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly medieval vills):[4]

Colnbrook | Datchet | Denham

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†Eton | Fulmer | Hedgerley
Horton | Iver | Langley Marish
Stoke Poges | Upton-cum-Chalvey | Wexham
Wyrardisbury |  |

† Eton was originally in Burnham hundred.

## See also

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* List of hundreds of England and Wales
* Hundred of Stokes, South Australia

## References

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1. ^ Vision of Britain - Stoke Area Retrieved, May 23 2009
2. ^ Vision of Britain - Stoke Population Retrieved, May 23 2009
3. ^ Genuki - History of Buckinghaham Hundreds Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved, May 21 2009
4. ^ History on Line - Victoria County History - A History of the County of Buckingham - Stoke Hundred: Volume 3, (1925), pp. 32-34. Retrieved, May 23 2009