Flendish Hundred (more commonly Flendish) was a pre-

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administrative division of the county of

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. It probably got its name from

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. Hundreds were intermediate administrative divisions, larger than villages and smaller than shires, that survived until the 19th century. It was probably created in the early 10th century. Flendish was first recorded in the

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of 1086. In the 11th century Flendish hundred contained four

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s, later divided into five parishes: Fulbourn, Teversham, Hinton, and Horningsea (today, Fen Ditton and Horningsea).Flendish Hundred, British History Online
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Alternative Spellings

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. itation P. H. Reaney, The Place-Names of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely (EPNS 19), Cambridge 1943. Flendish Hundred Flamingdice, Flammindic, Flammidinc, Flammiding 1086 DB Flammincdic, Flammigedic, Flammicgedic, Flammingedich, Flammedigedig 1086 InqEl Flamencdic 1086 ICC Flammedich 1155-7 P Flamedich(e) 1175-9 P , 1251 ElyCouch , 1277 Ely , 14th Cai Flaundishe 1553 Pat Flem(e)dich(e), Flem(e)dych(e) 1188 P et freq to, 1523 SR Flemesdich 1218 SR , 1284 FA , 1298 Ass Flemedic 1218 SR Flemdik(e), Flemdyk(e) 1268, 1285 Ass Flem(i)sdich 1279 RH Flemdisch 1372 SR Flem(e)dys(s)h 1457 IpmR , 1523 SR Flendiche 1428 FA , 1570 SR Flendishe, Flendyshe t. Hy 6 Cole xxxvii, 1560 Depositions Flendick 1570 SR Flyndiche 1553 Pat Flyndysshe 1557 Pat

References

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