Administrative unit

Bircholt Hundred

Ancient District

Preferred Name:
BIRCHOLT
Unit Type:
Ancient District
Status:
Hundred
Date created:
By 1086
Date abolished:
By 1275
Unit ID:
12874558
Authorities:
Robin Glasscock, The Lay Subsidy of 1334 (London: British Academy, 1975)

Notes:

Although Bircholt was recorded as a single unit in Domesday, a distinction was later made between the Franchise and the Barony.

Alternative names

We know of no alternate names.

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)

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
  was abolished to create BIRCHOLT BARONY HalfHundred   Olof Anderson, The English Hundred Names: The South-Eastern Counties (Lund: Lund University, 1939), p. 138.
  was abolished to create BIRCHOLT FRANCHISE HalfHundred   Olof Anderson, The English Hundred Names: The South-Eastern Counties (Lund: Lund University, 1939), p. 138.

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, Bircholt Hundred through time | Census tables with data for the Ancient District, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12874558

Date accessed: 19th March 2024