Toltingtrough

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Toltingtrough
Former subdivision of England
Area
  Coordinates 51°23′44″N0°19′37″E / 51.395480°N 0.326980°E / 51.395480; 0.326980
History
  OriginAnglo-Saxon period
  Createdpre-1066
  Abolished1894
  Succeeded by Strood Rural District, Northfleet Urban District, borough of Gravesend
Statusobsolete
GovernmentHundred
Subdivisions
  TypeParishes (see text)
  UnitsParishes

Toltingtrough (or Toltingtrow) was a hundred in the Lathe of Aylesford in the county of Kent, England. [1] This hundred is called, in some ancient writings, Toltetern and Tollentr, and in Domesday, Tollentru. In the return made of the several knights fees throughout England, by inquisition into the exchequer, in the 7th year of king Edward I, the archbishop of Canterbury appears to have been then lord of this Hundred.

In the 20th year of king Edward III, on the levying 40 shillings on every knight's fee, this Hundred answered for four knights fees and a half. [2]

The hundred included the parishes of

The town of Gravesend & Milton was incorporated during the reign of Elizabeth I and encompassed the parishes of Gravesend and Milton. Milton civil parish was abolished in 1915.

Nurstead and Ifield civil parishes were abolished in 1935, when they were incorporated into Cobham. [3]

The Borough of Gravesham created in 1974 contains the same area, plus Chalk, Higham, Shorne and Cobham.

The importance of the hundred courts declined from the 17th century, and most of their powers were extinguished with the establishment of county courts in 1867. In 1894 the Hundred was succeeded by Strood Rural District, the Urban District of Northfleet and the municipal borough of Gravesend. [4]

The area and population of each parish and the totals for the Hundred were as follows: [5]

ParishArea
(acres)
Pop.
1891
Gravesend5649940
Ifield31381
Luddesdown1995320
Meopham47131170
Milton69513936
Northfleet393411717
Nurstead52256
TOTAL1273637220

Notes

  1. "Toltingtrough Hundred" . Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  2. See The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1, author:Edward Hasted, publ. 1797
  3. "Gravesend" . Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  4. See http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk
  5. Victoria County History of Kent Vol 3, p. 367, publ.1932, ed William Page, ISBN   9780712906081

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