Place:Powder Hundred, Cornwall, England

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NamePowder Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inCornwall, England

From Wikipedia

"A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in England, Wales, South Australia and some parts of the United States, to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions; similar divisions were made in Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Norway."

In England hundreds were replaced by Registration Districts, Poor Law Unions and urban and rural sanitary districts between 1837 and 1850, and then by Rural and Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs in 1895. In 1974 the districts and boroughs were abolished and today Cornwall is a unitary authority.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Powder from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"POWDER, a hundred in the centre of Cornwall; formerly cut into two divisions, [East] and [West]; now cut into three divisions, [East], [West], and Tywardreath: and containing St. Austell parish, and 37 other parishes. Acres: 143,782. Population in 1851: 58,261; in 1861: 60,024. Houses: 12,296."

The map below of the Hundreds of Cornwall is titled in English and Cornish. The Cornish language is still spoken today by a small proportion of Cornish residents. (Map source: Wikipedia)

Image:Kernow Hundreds 50.png

List of Parishes

ParishTypeNotes
Cornelly parish (ancient), civil parish
Creed parish (ancient), civil parish
Cuby chapelry, civil parish
Feock parish (ancient), civil parish
Fowey parish (ancient), civil parish
Gerrans parish (ancient), civil parish
Gorran parish (ancient), civil parish
Grampound civil parish
Kea chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Kenwyn parish (ancient), civil parish
Ladock parish (ancient), civil parish
Lamorran parish (ancient), civil parish
Lanlivery parish (ancient), civil parish
Lostwithiel parish (ancient), civil parish
Luxulyan parish (ancient), civil parish
Merther chapelry, civil parish
Mevagissey parish (ancient), civil parish
Philleigh parish (ancient), civil parish
Probus parish (ancient), civil parish
Roche parish (ancient), civil parish
Ruan Lanihorne parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Allen parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Anthony in Roseland chapelry, civil parish
St. Austell parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Balzey parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Clement parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Dennis chapelry, civil parish
St. Enoder parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Erme parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Ewe civil parish
St. Just in Roseland parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Mewan parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Michael Carhays parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Michael Penkevil parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Sampson chapelry, civil parish
St. Stephen in Brannel parish (ancient), civil parish
Tregavethan parish (ancient), civil parish
Tregony parish (ancient), civil parish
Truro St. Mary parish (ancient), civil parish
Tywardreath parish (ancient), civil parish
Veryan parish (ancient), civil parish
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