Copthorne (hundred)

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Copthorne is in the centre of the hundreds of Surrey
Copthorne is in the centre of the hundreds of Surrey

Copthorne was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England. It includes the following places: Ashtead , Burgh, Cuddington, Epsom, Ewell, Fetcham, Headley, Leatherhead, Mickleham, Pachevesham (near Leatherhead), Tadworth, Thorncroft and Walton-on-the-Hill.[1]

However, actually in the Doomsday book, the towns of Ashtead, Fetcham and Mickleham were included in the Wallington (hundred) by mistake. They are part of the Copthorne hundred.[2]

Copthorne appears in Domesday Book as Copededorne. Copthorne was a hundred (these are not marked on the Surrey Domesday map, which shows only Domesday manors), an administrative area, where local leaders met about once a month. [3]

[edit] See also

Medieval Surrey
Surrey hundreds

[edit] References

  1. ^ Domesday book
  2. ^ British history
  3. ^ Surrey Domesday Book

[edit] External links

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