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Hundreds of Essex
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Between Anglo-Saxon times and the nineteenth century the English county of Essex was divided for administrative purposes into 19 hundreds, plus the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower and the boroughs of Colchester, Harwich, and Maldon. Each hundred had a separate council that met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters.
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Essex probably originated as a shire in the time of Æthelstan.[1] The Domesday Survey listed nineteen hundreds, corresponding very closely in extent and in name with those that were in use until early in the twentieth century.[1][2] The additional half-hundred of Thunreslan on the border with Suffolk no longer exists,[1] and the hundred of Witbrictesherna was renamed Dengie. The liberty of Havering-atte-Bower was formed from land taken from Becontree hundred.[1][3] In the time of Edward I, Clavering and Freshwell were each considered half-hundreds in Essex.[4]