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Hundred of Frome, the Glossary

The Hundred of Frome is one of the 40 historical Hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman conquest during the Anglo-Saxon era although exact dates are unknown.^[1]

30 relations: Anglo-Saxons, Beckington, Ceremonial counties of England, County court, Cranmore, Somerset, Districts of England, Edgar, King of England, Frankpledge, Frome, Great Elm, Highway district, Hundred (county division), Leigh-on-Mendip, Local Government Act 1894, Lullington, Somerset, Marston Bigot, Mells, Somerset, Norman Conquest, Nunney, Orchardleigh Estate, Poor law union, Rode, Somerset, Sanitary district, Selwood, Somerset, Somerset, Somerset Council, Tellisford, Wanstrow, Whatley, Mendip, Witham Friary.
Hundreds of Somerset

Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Beckington

Beckington is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, across the River Frome from Lullington about three miles north of Frome.

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Ceremonial counties of England

Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed.

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County court

A county court is a court based in or with a jurisdiction covering one or more counties, which are administrative divisions (subnational entities) within a country, not to be confused with the medieval system of county courts held by the high sheriff of each county.

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Cranmore, Somerset

Cranmore is a village and civil parish east of Shepton Mallet, in Somerset, England.

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Districts of England

The districts of England (officially, local authority districts, abbreviated LADs) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.

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Edgar, King of England

Edgar (or Eadgar; 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975.

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Frankpledge

Frankpledge was a system of joint suretyship common in England throughout the Early Middle Ages and High Middle Ages.

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Frome

Frome is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, on uneven high ground at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills and on the River Frome, south of Bath.

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Great Elm

Great Elm is a village and civil parish between Mells and Frome in Somerset, England.

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Highway district

Highway districts were areas in England and Wales united for the maintenance and repair of highways.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Leigh-on-Mendip

Leigh-on-Mendip or Leigh upon Mendip (on Ordnance Survey maps) is a small village on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.

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Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London.

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Lullington, Somerset

Lullington is a village and civil parish just across the Mells River from Beckington and north east of Frome, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.

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Marston Bigot

Marston Bigot is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Trudoxhill in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

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Mells, Somerset

Mells is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the town of Frome.

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Nunney

Nunney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset.

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Orchardleigh Estate

Orchardleigh (also spelled Orchardlea) is a country estate in Somerset, approximately two miles north of Frome, and on the southern edge of the village of Lullington.

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Poor law union

A poor law union was a geographical territory, and early local government unit, in Great Britain and Ireland.

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Rode, Somerset

Rode (formerly Road) is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Somerset in England, north-east of Frome and south-west of Trowbridge.

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Sanitary district

Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878.

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Selwood, Somerset

Selwood used to be a village but is now part of the suburbs of Frome.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Somerset Council

Somerset Council, known until 2023 as Somerset County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England.

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