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DictionaryhundredHistorical district
noun

hundred

A historical administrative division of an English county.

The historical map divides the English county into hundreds.

Etymology
hundredOld Englishhundred

The administrative name is historically connected with the number hundred. The precise basis of the original grouping is debated, so a uniform count of households should not be asserted.

More examples

  • The village belonged to a hundred in the old county records.
  • The historian traced the boundary of the hundred.
  • Several hundreds were named in the medieval survey.

Forms

hundred · hundreds