Essex Hundreds

Hundred: "A subdivision of a county or shire, having its own court... A number of taxes, including Land Tax, are arranged under Hundreds (or equivent names in certion areas) and many Registration Districts are named after the old hundreds."
[The Family Historian's Enquire within, Newbury UK, 1988]

The County forms nineteen hundreds - below is a list of these hundreds, with the places included in them.

Barstable

• Basildon, Bowers Gifford, Bulphan, Chadwell St. Mary, Corringham, Doddinghurst, Downham, Dunton, East Horndon, East Tilbury, Fobbing, Great Burstead, Horndon on the Hill, Hutton, Ingrave, Laindon-Cum-Basildon, Langdon Hills, Little Burstead, Little Thurrock, Mucking, Nevendon, North Benfleet, Orsett, Pitsea, Ramsdon Bellhouse, Ramsdon Crays, Shenfield, South Benfleet, Stanford-le-Hope, Thundersley (Part of), Vange, West Horndon, West Tilbury, Wickford

Becontree

• Barking, Becontree, Dagenham, East Ham, Little Ilford, Low Leyton, Walthamstow, Wanstead, West Ham, Woodford

Chafford

• Aveley, Brentwood, Childerditch, Cranham, Grays Thurrock, Great Warley, Little Warley, North Ockendon, Rainham, South Ockendon, South Weald, Stifford, Upminster, Wennington, West Thurrock

Chelmsford

• Blackmore, Boreham, Broomfield, Buttsbury, Chelmsford, Chignal Smealy, Chignal St. James, Danbury, East Hanningfield, Fryenring, Great Baddow, Great Leighs (Part of), Great Waltham, Ingatestone, Little Baddow, Little Leighs, Little Waltham, Margaretting, Mountnessing, Rettendon, Roxwell, Runwell, Sandon, South Hanningfield, Springfield, Stock, West Hanningfield, Widford, Woodham Ferrers, Writtle

Clavering

• Berden, Clavering, Farnham, Henham (Part of), Langley, Manuden, Stansted MountFitchit (Part of), Ugley

Dengie

• Althorne, Asheldham, Bradwell-on-Sea, Burnham, Cold Norton, Creeksea, Dengie, Hazeleigh, Latchingdon, Mayland, Mundon, North Fambridge, Purleigh, Southminster, St. Lawrence, Steeple, Stow Maries, Tillingham, Woodham Mortimer, Woodham Walter

Dunmow

• Aythorpe Roding, Barnston, Berners Roding, Broxted, Chickney, Good Easter, Great Canfield, Great Dunmow, Great Easton, High Easter, High Roding, Leaden Roding, Lindsell, Little Canfield, Little Dunmow, Little Easton, Margaret Roding, Mashbury, Pleshey, Shellow Bowells, Thaxted, Tilty, White Roding, Willingale Doe, Willingale Spain

Freshwell

• Ashdon, Bardfield Saling, Great Bardfield, Great Sampford, Helions Bumpstead, Hempstead, Little Bardfield, Little Sampford, Radwinter

Harlow

• Great Hallingbury, Great Parndon, Harlow, Hatfield Broad Oak, Latton, Little Hallingbury, Little Parndon, Matching, Netteswell, Roydon (Part of), Sheering

Hinckford

• Alphamstone, Ashen, Ballingdon-cum-Brundon, Belchamp Otten, Belchamp St. Paul, Belchamp Walter, Birdbrook, Bocking, Borley, Braintree, Bulmer, Bures, Castle Hedingham, Felstad, Finchingfield, Foxearth, Gestingthorpe, Gosfield, Great Henny, Great Maplestead, Great Saling, Great Yeldham, Halstead, Lamarsh, Liston, Little Henny, Little Maplestead, Little Yeldham, Middleton, Ovington, Panfield, Pebmarsh, Pentlow, Rayne, Ridgewell, Shalford, Sible Hedingham, Stambourne, Stebbing, Steeple Bumpstead, Stisted, Sturmer, Tilbury, Toppesfield, Twinstead, Wethersfield, Wickham St. Paul

Lexden

• Aldham, Birch, Boxted, Chappel, Colne Engaine, Copford, Dedham, Earls Colne, East Donyland, Easthorpe, Feering, Fordham, Great Coggeshall, Great Horkesley, Great Tey, Inworth, Langham, Lexden, Little Horkesley, Little Tey, Marks Tey, Markshall, Messing, Mount Bures, Pattiswick, Stanway, Wakes Colne, West Bergholt, White Colne, Wivenhoe, Wormingford

Onger

• Abbess Roding, Beauchamp Roding, Bobbingworth, Chigwell, Chipping Ongar, Fyfield, Greensted, High Laver, High Ongar, Kelvedon Hatch, Lambourne, Little Laver, Loughton, Magdalen Laver, Moreton, Navestock, North Weald Bassett, Norton Mandeville, Shelley, Stanford Rivers, Stapleford Abborts, Stapleford Tawney, Stondon Massey, Theydon Bois, Theydon Garnon, Theydon Mount

Rochford

• Ashingdon, Barling, Canewdon, Eastwood, Foulness, Great Stambridge, Great Wakering, Hadleigh, Hawkwell, Hockley, Leigh-on-Sea, Little Stambridge, Little Wakering, North Shoebury, Paglesham, Prittlewell, Rawreth, Rayleigh, Rochford, Shopland, South Fambridge, South Shoebury, Southchurch, Sutton, Thundersley (part of)

Tendring

• Alresford, Ardleigh, Beaumont-Cum-Moze, Bradfield, Brightlingsea, Elmstead, Frating, Frinton, Great Bentley, Great Bromley, Great Clacton, Great Holland, Great Oakley, Kirby-le-Soken, Lawford, Little Bentley, Little Bromley, Little Clacton, Little Holland, Little Oakley, Manningtree, Mistley, Ramsey, St. Osyth, Tendring, Thorpe-le-Soken, Thorrington, Walton-le-Soken, Weeley, Wix, Wrabness

Thurstable

• Goldhanger, Great Totham, Heybridge, Langford, Little Totham, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Wickham Bishops

Uttlesford

• Arkesden, Birchanger, Chrishall, Debden, Elmdon, Elsenham, Great Chesterford, Great Chishill, Henham (Part of), Heydon, Little Chesterford, Little Chishill, Littlebury, Newport, Quendon, Rickling, Stansted MountFitchit (Part of), Strethall, Takeley, Wendens Ambo, Wendens Lofts, Wicken Bonhunt, Widdington, Wimbish

Waltham

• Chingford, Epping, Nazeing, Roydon (Part of), Waltham Holy Cross

Winstree

• Abberton, East Mersea, Fingringhoe, Great Wigborough, Langenhoe, Layer Breton, Layer-de-la-Haye, Layer Marney, Little Wigborough, Peldon, Salcott-cum-Varley, Virley, West Mersea

Witham

• Black Notley,Bradwell-Juxta-coggeshall, Cressing, Fairstead, Faulkbourne, Great Braxted, Great Leighs (Part of), Hatfield Peverel, Kelvedon, Little Braxted, Little Coggeshall, Rivenhall, Terling, Ulting, White Notley, Witham