Newport Hundred


Newport Hundred was a hundred in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated in the north of the county and forming the boundary with the counties of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. It was commonly known as 'the three hundreds of Newport' because it amalgamated three earlier hundreds: Bonestou, Moulsoe and Siglelai. Its modern equivalent is the Borough of Milton Keynes, which covers almost exactly the same area.

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. Newport became the name of the hundred formed from the combined 11th century hundreds of Bonestou, Moulsoe and Sigelai although these original names still persisted in official records until at least the early part of the 17th century. The court leet for Buckingham hundred was every three weeks near Gayhurst and in 1830 also took place at the Swan Inn Newport Pagnell.
Traces of the moot hill of Sigelai Hundred were discovered by archaeologists working for Milton Keynes Development Corporation, during the construction of Central Milton Keynes; the site is behind the central library and has been reconstructed.

Parishes and hamlets

Newport hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets,, allocated to their respective 11th century hundred:
BonestouMoulsoeSigelai
Cold BrayfieldAstwood and Water EatonBletchley
GayhurstBroughtonBradwell
Hanslope Bow BrickhillBradwell Abbey
HavershamLittle BrickhillCalverton
LathburyGreat BrickhillGreat Linford
LavendonChicheleyLoughton
Little LinfordClifton ReynesNewport Pagnell
Newton BlossomvilleNorth CrawleyNewton Longville
Olney Emberton Shenley
RavenstoneFenny StratfordSimpson
Stoke GoldingtonHardmeadStantonbury
Tyringham Milton KeynesStoke Hammond
Weston UnderwoodMoulsoeStony Stratford
SheringtonWillen
WaltonGreat Woolstone
WavendonLittle Woolstone
Wolverton
Woughton on the Green