Bircholt Barony Half-Hundred (HalfHundred)

Created: BY 1275   Abolished: Later

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Notes

Although recorded as a single unit in Domesday, a distinction was later made between the Franchise and the Barony.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
BIRCHOLT BARONY Preferred English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 632.
BIRCHOLT Alternate English     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 632.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BIRCHOLT CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 261.
BRABOURNE CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 261.
HASTINGLEIGH CP/AP Parish-level Unit     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 274.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
KENT Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 632.
SHEPWAY Lathe Division of Ancient County     F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 632.

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date Type of change Other unit involved Area transferred Authority
  was created through the abolition of BIRCHOLT Hundred   Olof Anderson, The English Hundred Names: The South-Eastern Counties (Lund: Lund University, 1939), p. 138.
  was abolished to create BIRCHOLT Bny/Fh   F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 632.
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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bircholt Barony Half-Hundred (HalfHundred) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10188003

Date accessed: 08th April 2026