Henbury Hundred

Henbury Hundred was a subdivision of the county of Gloucestershire, England. Hundreds originated in the late Saxon period and lasted as administrative divisions until the 19th century.[1]

Gloucestershire Hundreds in 1832

It comprised the five ancient parishes of Henbury, Westbury-upon-Trym, Greenfield Compton, Stoke Gifford and Yate, except for the tithing of Kings Weston, in Henbury parish, which was included in the Hundred of Berkeley. In addition, the tithing of Itchington—part of Tytherington parish—was included in Henbury hundred, with the rest of the parish in Thornbury Hundred.[2][3]

The hundred was occasionally divided in Lower and Upper Divisions, the former comprising Westbury on Trym and part of Henbury and the latter the remainder of Henbury and the other parishes.[4] The hundred was named after the tithing and parish of Henbury, which came from hēah burh, a high fortified place.[5]

At the time of the Domesday Book, the Hundred was known as Brentry (another settlement in Henbury parish) and had the same borders. It listed a total of 11 locations in the six parishes:[6]

References
  1. Webb, Sidney; Webb, Beatrice (1906). English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act: the parish and the county. London: Longmans Green and Company. pp. 284–285.
  2. Abstract of the Answers and Returns Made Pursuant to an Act, Passed in the 43d Year of His Majesty King George III, Intituled "An Act for Procuring Returns Relative to the Expence and Maintenance of the Poor in England". 1803.
  3. Moule, Thomas (1837). The English Counties Delineated. Virtue.
  4. The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, 1868, via GENUKI
  5. English, University of Nottingham - Institute of Name Studies School of. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. "Brentry, Gloucestershire | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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