Fishergate Hundred (HalfHundred/Hundred)

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
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Notes

Fishergate Hundred was originally in two halves, partly in Bramber Rape and partly in Lewes Rape (O. Anderson, The English Hundred Names: The South-Eastern Counties, p86)

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
FISHERGATE Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 692.
FISHERGATE IN LEWES RAPE Alternate English     1821 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

The unit has had the following statuses:

Status Abbreviation Start End Authority
Half-Hundred HalfHundred   early Olof Anderson, The English Hundred Names: The South-Eastern Counties (Lund: Lund University, 1939)
Hundred Hundred early   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979) Permission granted to project.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ALDRINGTON CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 501.
HANGLETON AP/CP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 511.
HORSHAM CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PORTSLADE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 519.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
SUSSEX Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 692.
LEWES Rape Division of Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 692.
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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Fishergate Hundred (HalfHundred/Hundred) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10005942

Date accessed: 09th April 2026