Place:East Hundred, Cornwall, England

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NameEast 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 the East Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
"EAST, a hundred in Cornwall. It lies along the boundary with Devon, from the neighbourhood of Fox-hole to the sea; measures 30 miles south-southeastward, and 11 miles in extreme breadth; and is cut into three divisions, north, middle, and south. Acres of the [north division]: 54,432; of the [middle division]: 38,081; of the [south division]: 37,154. Population of the whole: 44,899. Houses: 8,433."

The map 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)

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List of Parishes

ParishTypeNotes
Antony parish (ancient), civil parish
Botus Fleming parish (ancient), civil parish
Callington parish (ancient), civil parish
Calstock parish (ancient), civil parish
Egloskerry parish (ancient), civil parish
Landrake with St. Erney parish (ancient), civil parish
Landulph parish (ancient), civil parish
Laneast parish (ancient), civil parish
Lawhitton parish (ancient), civil parish
Lewannick parish (ancient), civil parish
Lezant parish (ancient), civil parish
Linkinhorne parish (ancient), civil parish
Maker parish (ancient), civil parish
Menheniot parish (ancient), civil parish
North Hill parish (ancient), civil parish
North Petherwin parish (ancient), civil parish in Devon until 1966
Pillaton parish (ancient), civil parish
Quethiock parish (ancient), civil parish
Rame parish (ancient), civil parish
Saltash chapelry, civil parish
Sheviock parish (ancient), civil parish
South Hill parish (ancient), civil parish
South Petherwin parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Budeaux chapelry, civil parish
St. Dominick parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Germans extra parochial area, civil parish
St. Ive parish (ancient), civil parish
St. John parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Mary Magdalene parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Mellion parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Stephen's by Launceston extra parochial area, parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Stephen's by Saltash parish (ancient), civil parish
St. Thomas Street hamlet, civil parish
St. Thomas the Apostle chapelry, civil parish
Stoke Climsland parish (ancient), civil parish
Tremaine chapelry, civil parish
Tresmeer parish (ancient), civil parish
Trewen chapelry, civil parish
Werrington parish (ancient), civil parish in Devon until 1966
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