Hundred of Andersfield explained

Andersfield
Divisions:	Parishes
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The Hundred of Andersfield is one of the 40 historical Hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman conquest during the Anglo-Saxon era although exact dates are unknown.

Area

Andersfield covered an area of approximately and had over 500 houses according to the 1851 census.^[1] It contained the parishes of Broomfield, Chilton Trinity, Creech St Michael, Durleigh, Enmore, Goathurst, Lyng^[2] and, from the 1670s, the Petherton limit tithing of North Petherton.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• Andersfield Hundred - British History Online

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andersfield Hundred Housing & Acreage. A Vision of Britain Through Time. 10 September 2011.
2. Web site: Andersfield hundred through time . A Vision of Britain Through Time . 11 April 2017 .
3. Web site: North Petherton: Local government . R W Dunning. C R Elrington. A P Baggs. M C Siraut . Institute of Historical Research . 1992 . A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) . 13 October 2011 .
4. Book: The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset. John Collinson . Edmund Rack . John Collinson (historian). Edmund Rack. 71 . R. Cruttwell. 1791. 30 April 2012.