page_title: List of hundreds of England and Wales
hierarchical_section_title: List of hundreds of England and Wales
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of English Counties in 1086 showing hundreds, wapentakes, wards. Source data: GIS data from The Landscapes of Governance Projects (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/assembly/index). Norman England - A Literary and Historical Atlas of Europe (Bartholemew). Domesday place names (K. Briggs). Vision of Britian (http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk) Open Domesday (http://opendomesday.org). Olof Anderson - The English Hundreds Names, University of Lund (1934). Victoria County History of Lancashire. Victoria County History of Rutland.
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: 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 (a hundred farmsteads) 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.
caption: England in 1086 showing hundreds, wapentakes and wards
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