Leyland Hundred Explained
| Hundred of Leyland |
| Hq: | Eccleston |
| Subdivision Type: | Lancashire Hundred |
| Status: | Ancient Hundred |
| Start: | Before Domesday |
| End: | Mid-18th century, never formally abolished |
| Coordinates: | 53.686°N -2.657°W |
| Arealast: | 79990acres |
| Arealastyear: | 1831 |
| Map: |
Leyland Hundred depicted in John Speed's 1610 map of Lancashire |
| Divisions: | Parish(es) |
| Divisionsnames: | Leyland • Penwortham • Brindle • Croston • Hesketh-With-Becconsall • Tarleton • Rufford • Chorley • Hoole • Eccleston • Standish |
The Leyland Hundred (also known as Leylandshire) is a historic subdivision of the English county of Lancashire. It covered the parishes of Brindle, Chorley, Croston, Eccleston, Hoole, Leyland, Penwortham, Rufford, Standish and Tarleton.[1]
In the Domesday Book the area was recorded as 'Lailand' Hundred,[2] with Chorley Parish in Warmundestrou Hundred[3] and Eccleston Parish in Duddeston Hundred,[4] all included in the returns for Cheshire.[5] However, it cannot be said clearly to have been part of Cheshire.[6] [7] [8]
Bibliography
- Crosby, A. (1996). A History of Cheshire. (The Darwen County History Series.) Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. .
- Harris, B. E., and Thacker, A. T. (1987). The Victoria History of the County of Chester. (Volume 1: Physique, Prehistory, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Domesday). Oxford: Oxford University Press. .
- Morgan, P. (1978). Domesday Book Cheshire: Including Lancashire, Cumbria, and North Wales. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. .
- Phillips A. D. M., and Phillips, C. B. (2002), A New Historical Atlas of Cheshire. Chester, UK: Cheshire County Council and Cheshire Community Council Publications Trust. .
Notes and References
- Web site: Leyland Hundred through time . GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth . visionofbritain.org.uk . 20 January 2016.
- https://opendomesday.org/hundred/leyland/ Open Domesday: Leyland Hundred.
- https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ5650/chorley/ Open Domesday: Chorley Parish, Warmundestrou Hundred, Cheshire.
- https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ4162/eccleston/ Open Domesday; Eccleston Parish, Duddeston Hundred, Cheshire.
- Morgan (1978) page 270a.
- Harris and Thacker (1987). They write on page 252:
- Phillips and Phillips (2002). pp. 26 - 31.
- Crosby, A. (1996). writes on page 31:
