Holmstrow (hundred) explained

Holmstrow
Status:obsolete
Start:in antiquity
End:1884 - 1965,
Map:Map showing location of Holmstrow hundred in Sussex.
Populationfirst:1,748 [1]
Populationfirstyear:1831
Areafirst:6710acres[2]
Areafirstyear:1831
Divisionsnames:Newhaven, Piddinghoe, Rodmell, Southease, Telscombe.

Holmstrow Hundred was an administrative unit in the Rape of Lewes in the eastern division of the county of Sussex, until the abolition of hundreds in the 19th century. It contained the villages of Meeching (now Newhaven), Piddinghoe, Telscombe, Southease and Rodmell.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holmstrow Hundred - Total population. 2020-10-02. A Vision of Britain through Time.
  2. Web site: Holmstrow Hundred - area. 2020-10-02. A Vision of Britain through Time.
  3. Book: Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 11. H M Stationery Office. 1831.