Buckingham Hundred was a hundred

Hundred (division)

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 in the ceremonial

Ceremonial counties of England

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 county

County

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 of Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

, England

England

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. It was situated in the north west of the county and forming the boundary with the counties of Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

 and Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

. There was also a small detached portion of the hundred embedded in Oxfordshire close to Bicester

Bicester

Bicester is a town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in England.This historic market centre is one of the fastest growing towns in Oxfordshire Development has been favoured by its proximity to junction 9 of the M40 motorway linking it to London, Birmingham and...

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History

Until at least the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086 there were 18 hundreds in Buckinghamshire. It has been suggested however that neighbouring hundreds had already become more closely associated in the 11th century so that by the end of the 14th century the original or ancient hundreds had been consolidated into 8 larger hundreds. Buckingham became the name of the hundred formed from the combined 11th century hundreds of Lamva, Rovelai and Stodfald although these original names still persisted in official records until at least the early part of the 17th century. The court leet

Court leet

The court leet was a historical court baron of England and Wales and Ireland that exercised the "view of frankpledge" and its attendant police jurisdiction, which was normally restricted to the hundred courts.-History:...

 for Buckingham hundred was every three weeks at various localities across the hundred.

Parishes and hamlets

Buckingham hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly medieval vill

Vill

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s), allocated to their respective 11th century hundred:

 
 

Lamua	Rovelai	Stodfald
Addington Addington, Buckinghamshire Addington is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, about west of Winslow and south east of Buckingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 145....	Barton Hartshorn Barton Hartshorn Barton Hartshorn is a civil parish about southwest of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. Its southern boundary is a brook called the Birne, and this and the parish's western boundary form part of the county boundary with Oxfordshire....	Akeley Akeley, Buckinghamshire Akeley is a village and civil parish about north of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The village is on the Towcester road between the villages of Lillingstone Dayrell and Maids Moreton. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 545.-Village background:The...
Adstock Adstock Adstock is a village and civil parish about northwest of Winslow and southeast of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 415....	Beachampton Beachampton Beachampton is a village and civil parish beside the River Great Ouse in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about east of Buckingham and a similar distance west of Milton Keynes....	Biddlesden Biddlesden Biddlesden is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in north-west Buckinghamshire, England on the boundary with Northamptonshire. It is about east-north-east of Brackley, Northamptonshire and north-west of Buckingham. The River Great Ouse forms part of the western boundary of the...  with Evershaw
Edgcott Edgcott Edgcott is a village and is civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about eight miles east of Bicester.The village name is derived from the Old English for "oak cottage"...	‡Bourton	Foscott
Marsh Gibbon Marsh Gibbon Marsh Gibbon is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is close to the A41 and the border with Oxfordshire about east of Bicester....	‡Buckingham Buckingham Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. The town has a population of 11,572 ,...	Leckhampstead Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire Leckhampstead is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the border with Northamptonshire, about three miles north east of Buckingham, and to the west of Milton Keynes....
Padbury Padbury Padbury is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the A413 main road that links Buckingham with Winslow....	*Caversfield Caversfield Caversfield is a village and civil parish about north of the centre of Bicester. In 1844 Caversfield became part of Oxfordshire, but until then it was always an exclave of Buckinghamshire entirely surrounded by Oxfordshire.-Early history:...	Lillingstone Dayrell Lillingstone Dayrell See also: - Lillingstone LovellLillingstone Dayrell is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in Aylesbury Vale, about three and a half miles north of Buckingham, eight miles west of Milton Keynes and five miles south of Towcester...
Steeple Claydon Steeple Claydon Steeple Claydon is a village and also a civil parish within the district of Aylesbury Vale in Buckinghamshire, England. It has an unusually high number of gingers, it is speculated that this is due to most people's mums also being their aunts. Steeple Claydon is located about four miles south of...	Chetwode Chetwode Chetwode is a civil parish about southwest of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The parish is bounded to the southwest and southeast by a brook called The Birne, which here also forms part of the county boundary with Oxfordshire....	Lillingstone Lovell Lillingstone Lovell Lillingstone Lovell is a village and civil parish about miles north of Buckingham in Aylesbury Vale the district of Buckinghamshire. The parish adjoins the Northamptonshire boundary and is about south of Towcester in that county. Lillingstone Lovell is about west of Milton Keynes...
Thornborough Thornborough, Buckinghamshire For the village in North Yorkshire, see Thornborough, North Yorkshire.Thornborough is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Valedistrict in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about two miles east of Buckingham....	‡Gawcott Gawcott Gawcott is a village about southwest of Buckingham in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Gawcott with Lenborough.The toponym is derived from the Old English for "cottage for which rent is payable"...	Luffield Abbey Luffield Abbey Luffield Abbey is a village in the very north of Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the border with Northamptonshire, close to Biddlesden. It is one of the few examples in the country where there is an ancient parish with no church at its centre, though since the Victorian era it has been...
Twyford Twyford, Buckinghamshire For other places of the same name, see Twyford.Twyford is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about two miles west of Steeple Claydon and four miles north east of Bicester in Oxfordshire....  (with Charndon Charndon Charndon is a hamlet and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England.The hamlet's toponym combines Brythonic and Old English origins, as is common with other places in this part of the country . It means "cairn hill", cairn being a Celtic word for a ceremonial hill or...  and Poundon Poundon Poundon is a hamlet and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located near the Oxfordshire border, about four miles north east of Bicester, three miles south west of Steeple Claydon.... )	Hillesden Hillesden Hillesden is a village and is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the very north of the county, about four miles south of Buckingham.The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Hild's hill'...	Maids Moreton Maids Moreton Maids Moreton is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of northern Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about north of Buckingham. The village is contiguous with the Buckingham urban area and is thus often considered as a suburb....
	‡Lenborough Lenborough Lenborough is a hamlet in the parish of Buckingham next to Gawcott, in Buckinghamshire, England. It consists mainly of barn conversions and farm houses and connects onto the back of the Buckingham Industrial Estate....	Radclive Radclive Radclive is a village on the River Great Ouse just over west of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Radclive-cum-Chackmore in Aylesbury Vale district...
	Preston Bissett Preston Bissett Preston Bissett is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about four miles SSW of Buckingham, six miles north east of Bicester in Oxfordshire....	Shalstone Shalstone Shalstone is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the north of the county, about four miles north west of Buckingham. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'farm by a shallow stream'...
	Tingewick Tingewick Tingewick is a village and civil parish about west of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is bounded to the north by the River Great Ouse, to the east by a tributary of the Great Ouse, to the west by the county boundary with Oxfordshire and to the...	Stowe Stowe, Buckinghamshire Stowe is a civil parish and former village about northwest of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Boycott, Dadford and Lamport....  (with Dadford Dadford Dadford is a hamlet in the parish of Stowe in north Buckinghamshire, England.The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means Dodda's Ford in modern English...  and Lamport Lamport, Buckinghamshire Lamport was a hamlet in the parish of Stowe in north Buckinghamshire, England. It was cleared by the Temple family, as a result of enclosures, after 1739, to improve the amenity value of their new park at Stowe... )
	†Thornton Thornton, Buckinghamshire Thornton is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse about north-east of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire....	Turweston Turweston Turweston is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the north of the county, near the border with Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, about a mile east of Brackley in the latter....
		Water Stratford Water Stratford Water Stratford is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about west of Buckingham, near the boundary with Oxfordshire.-Manor:...
		Westbury Westbury, Buckinghamshire Westbury is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England, about east of Brackley and west of Buckingham. It is close to the A422 and the border with Oxfordshire....

† Thornton was later transferred to the hundred of Lamua.

* Caversfield was a detached parish located within Oxfordshire and was transferred to that county in the 19th century

‡ Buckingham was part of Rovelai hundred for administrative purposes even though by the 11 century it had become a substantial settlement and the town and was granted Borough

Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....

status in the 16th century. Bourton, Gawcott and Lenborough were part of the parish of Buckingham.