Hayridge Hundred

1765 map of the hundred

The hundred of Hayridge was the name of one of thirty two ancient administrative units of Devon, England.[1] It was originally known as Sulfretona and this name was still used in the Geldroll of 1084 but two hundred years later it was called Harigg in the hundred Role of Edward I after the place where the hundred courts were held which is now Whorridge farm.[2]

At the time of the Doomsday Survey there were 41 manors in the Hundred[3] and the parishes in the hundred in the nineteenth century were: Bickleigh (near Tiverton); Blackborough; Bradninch; Broadhembury; Cadbury; Cadeleigh; Cullompton; Feniton; Kentisbeare; Netherexe; Payhembury; Plymtree; Rewe (part); Sheldon; Silverton; Talaton; Thorverton.[1] According to White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Devonshire, (1850) it "Is of an irregular figure, extending about 16 miles from east to west, and varying from 9 to 6 in breadth."[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b "THE HUNDREDS OF DEVON". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ Reichel, Rev. Oswald J. (July 1910). The Hundred of Sulfretona or Hairidge in Early Times. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association. Vol. XLII. Plymouth: Devonshire Association. pp. 215–257.
  3. ^ "Hundred of Silverton". Open Doomsday. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ^ White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Devonshire, (1850) cited in "THE HUNDREDS OF DEVON". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 April 2018.


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