Place:Higham Ferrers Hundred, Northamptonshire, England

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NameHigham Ferrers Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inNorthamptonshire, England

Higham Ferrers Hundred is a fairly narrow strip along the southeastern edge of Northamptonshire facing the county of Bedfordshire.

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography).

"The hundred contains fourteen parishes and part of another. Acres: 29,660. Population in 1851: 10,090; in 1861: 11,508. Houses: 2,506."

Notes

  • Higham Ferrers Hundred is covered in Volume 4 of the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire. The Borough of Higham Ferrers is covered in Volume 3.
  • For a map of the hundreds of of Northamptonshire, see A Vision of Britain through Time.
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List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionNotes
Bozeat ancient parish, civil parish
Chelveston cum Caldecot chapelry, civil parish
Easton Maudit ancient parish, civil parish
Farndish ancient parish, civil parish located in Bedfordshire
Hargrave ancient parish, civil parish
Higham Ferrers ancient parish, civil parish
Higham Park extra parochial area, civil parish
Irchester ancient parish, civil parish
Newton Bromswold ancient parish, civil parish
Raunds ancient parish, civil parish
Ringstead ancient parish, civil parish
Rushden ancient parish, civil parish
Stanwick ancient parish, civil parish
Strixton ancient parish, civil parish
Wollaston ancient parish, civil parish