page_title: List of hundreds of England and Wales
section_title: Cornwall
hierarchical_section_title: List of hundreds of England and Wales / Cornwall
caption_attribution_description: English: Administrative map of Cornwall in 1832 showing Hundreds. Also showing extant Boroughs. Hundred boundaries from University of Nottingham English Place Name Society. Source data for parish boundaries - Kain, R.J.P., and Oliver, R.R. (2001) "Historic parishes of England and Wales". Unit names and Borough Boundaries from Vision of Britain website.
context_page_description: Most of the counties of England were divided into hundreds from the late Saxon period and these were, with a few exceptions, effectively abandoned as administrative divisions in the 19th century. in some areas, equivalent districts were known as "wapentakes".
  In Wales a similar Celtic system of division called cantrefi had existed for centuries and was of particular importance in the administration of the Welsh law. Following the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, Wales was divided into hundreds to be consistent with England.
context_section_description: In Cornwall, the name calqued cantrev
  From GENUKI 
  Penwith (Penwyth)
  Kerrier (Keryer)
  Pydar (Pedera)
  Powder (Pow Ereder)
  Trigg (Trigor)
  Lesnewth (Lysnowyth)
  Stratton (Stradneth)
  West (Fawy)
  East (Ryslegh)
  For some purposes, the Isles of Scilly were counted as a tenth hundred.
caption: Hundreds of Cornwall in 1832
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