Hundred of Chafford
Template:Short description Template:This article is aboutTemplate:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Template:Wikidata imageScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chafford was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Essex, England.[1] Its area has been partly absorbed by the growth of London; with its name reused for the modern housing development of Chafford Hundred. Its former area now corresponds to part of the London Borough of Havering in Greater London and parts of the districts of Brentwood and Thurrock in Essex.
History
Hundred meetings are thought to have taken place in Chafford Heath[2] (Grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) in the southern part of the ecclesiastical parish of Upminster.
The hundred contained the parishes of Aveley, Brentwood, Childerditch, Cranham, Grays Thurrock, Great Warley, Little Warley, North Ockendon, Rainham, South Ockendon, South Weald, Stifford, Upminster, Wennington and West Thurrock.[3]
It bordered Ongar hundred to the north, Barstable hundred to the east and Havering liberty to the west. The River Thames formed a Script error: No such module "convert". boundary with Kent to the south.[3] The hundred covered a narrow area stretching Script error: No such module "convert". northwards from the river.[4]
Replacement
The hundreds of England declined in administrative use because of the rise of various ad-hoc boards. By 1894 they were effectively replaced by a system of uniform local government districts, which were consolidated over time and finally replaced by the London boroughs (1965) and non-metropolitan districts (1974), further change occurred in 1998 when Thurrock became a unitary authority.
| Parish | District | Today |
|---|---|---|
| Aveley | Orsett Rural District | Thurrock |
| Brentwood | Billericay Rural District | Brentwood |
| Childerditch | Billericay Rural District | Brentwood |
| Cranham | Romford Rural District | Havering |
| Grays Thurrock | Grays Thurrock Urban District | Thurrock |
| Great Warley | Romford Rural District | Brentwood |
| Little Warley | Billericay Rural District | Brentwood |
| North Ockendon | Orsett Rural District | Havering |
| Rainham | Romford Rural District | Havering |
| South Ockendon | Orsett Rural District | Thurrock |
| South Weald | Billericay Rural District | Brentwood |
| Stifford | Orsett Rural District | Thurrock |
| Upminster | Romford Rural District | Havering |
| Wennington | Romford Rural District | Havering |
| West Thurrock | Orsett Rural District | Thurrock |
See also
References
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- ↑ Vision of Britain - Chafford hundred Template:Webarchive (historic map Template:Webarchive)
- ↑ History of the County of Essex: Volume 7, Chafford hundred: Introduction, (1978)
- ↑ a b British History Online - Map of Chafford Hundred c. 1845
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