Lesnewth Hundred is one of the former hundreds of Cornwall, Trigg was to the south-west and Stratton Hundred to the north-east. Tintagel, Camelford, Boscastle, and Altarnun were in the Hundred of Lesnewth as well as Lesnewth which is now a hamlet but in pre-Norman times was the seat of a Celtic chieftain who was said to rule the whole of Trigg.[1]
Norden's map of Lesnewth Hundred.
The division into hundreds is thought to date from the reign of King Athelstan and at the time of the Domesday Survey the internal order of manors in the Exeter Domesday Book for Cornwall is in most cases based on the hundreds to which they belonged (though the hundred names are not used). In the Geld Inquest of 1083 only seven hundreds are found, identified by the names of the chief manors: Connerton, Winnianton, Pawton, Tybesta, Stratton, Fawton and Rillaton. Here Stratton represents a single hundred including the later Stratton, Lesnewth and Trigg.
^Maclean, John (1872–79) The Parochial History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor. London: Nichols & Co.
LesnewthHundred is one of the former hundreds of Cornwall, Trigg was to the south-west and Stratton Hundred to the north-east. Tintagel, Camelford, Boscastle...
Cornwall: see Lesnewth (hundred). Lesnewth lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The oldest buildings of Lesnewth include the...
three at the rectory. There is a Cornish cross (illustrated Fig. c6) in Lesnewth churchyard which consists of an ancient cross head mounted on a modern...
century Treneglos was in the deanery of Trigg Major and was part of LesnewthHundred. The parish of Treneglos was reported to be 2362 statute acres by 1838...
(Trigor) Lesnewth (Lysnowyth) Stratton (Stradneth) West (Fawy) East (Ryslegh) For some purposes, the Isles of Scilly were counted as a tenth hundred. Cumberland...
Treworld is a hamlet west of Lesnewth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of England & Wales; Bude, sheet 174. 1946 v t e...
the River Ottery which rises in the parish. The parish is in the Hundred of Lesnewth and Deanery of Trigg Major. It is in the Registration District of...
civil parish of Michaelstow is in the deanery of Trigg Minor and Hundred of Lesnewth. It is named after 'St Michael's holy place' and the parish church...
of St Stephen's. The land of the parish was divided between the hundreds of Lesnewth and East Wivelshire, the church being in the latter. It was founded...
England was made formal in 1795. In 1841 there were ten hundreds of Cornwall: Stratton, Lesnewth and Trigg; East and West Wivelshire; Powder; Pydar; Kerrier;...
to the north by the Atlantic; to the east by the parishes of St Juliot, Lesnewth and Davidstow; to the south by Camelford parish (ecclesiastical parish...
of the older deaneries (before 1875) are based on those of the ancient Hundreds of Cornwall though the boundaries do not always correspond. East and West...
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