Administrative unit

Osprenge in Scra Fh

Ancient District

Preferred Name:
OSPRENGE IN SCRA
Unit Type:
Ancient District
Status:
Franchise
Date created:
 
Date abolished:
 
Unit ID:
12849941
Authorities:
Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)

Notes:

"The town of Ospringe, as it is called, is a franchise separate from the hundred of Faversham, having a constable of its own, but the rest of the parish is within the jurisdiction of that hundred." (Hasted, E., 'General history: Divisions of the county', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 6 (1798), pp. 499-531; http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53770, accessed 18th March 2013).

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
OSPRENGE IN SCRA Preferred English     Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)
OSPRINGE Modernised English     Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
KENT Ancient County     Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)
SCRAY Lathe Division of Ancient County     Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Osprenge in Scra Fh through time | Census tables with data for the Ancient District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12849941

Date accessed: 19th March 2024