Victoria County History
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The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of e
From a VCH frontispiece, 1911
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Hundred (county division)
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A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and i
Victoria County History
…to and translation of the relevant section of Domesday Book. These volumes are followed by others consisting of detailed historical surveys of each Hundred, Wapentake (discussed in separate riding volumes) and ward, parish by parish. At first, ancient ecclesiastical parishes formed the unit of investigation…
Medieval cantrefi of Wales