Place:Polebrook Hundred, Northamptonshire, England

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NamePolebrook Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inNorthamptonshire, England

Polebrook Hundred is located on the east of the county of Northamptonshire, facing the former county of Huntingdonshire, now a part of Cambridgeshire. It includes the town of Oundle and has a major section and two almost detached sections.

The hundred contains also 5 other parishes and parts of 3 others. Acres: 19,840. Population in 1851: 5,596; in 1861: 5,723. Houses: 1,154. (8125)

  • Polebrook Hundred is covered in Volume 3 of the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire.
  • For a map of the hundreds of of Northamptonshire, see A Vision of Britain through Time.
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List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionNotes
Armston hamlet, civil parish merged into Polebrook in 1935
Ashton near Oundle hamlet, civil parish
Barnwell St. Andrew ancient parish, civil parish
Benefield ancient parish, civil parish
Elton ancient parish, civil parish ended 1851, transferred to Huntingdonshire
Hemington ancient parish, civil parish
Luddington ancient parish, civil parish
Oundle ancient parish, civil parish
Polebrook ancient parish, civil parish
Thurning ancient parish, civil parish
Warmington ancient parish, civil parish
Winwick ancient parish, civil parish transferred to Huntingdonshire in 1895