Hartismere was a

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...

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, that later gave its name to a poor law union, a rural sanitary district, and the

Hartismere Rural District Hartismere Rural District was a rural district in the county of East Suffolk (county), East Suffolk, England. It was expanded in 1934 by merging with the disbanded Hoxne Rural District with a slight readjustment of boundaries. It was named after ...

. Listed as ''Hertesmere'' in the

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, the name of the hundred is derived from "Hart's mere" where Hart is a personal name. Hartismere also gives its name to the 11-19 Co-educational Foundation School based in

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. It serves pupils aged 11–16 years whilst the associated sixth form college instructs 16-19 year students. The School is distinctive in having particularly close links to the Hartismere Community. It is also the name of a hospital and maternity unit at Eye.

Parishes

Hartismere Hundred consisted of the following 32 parishes:1841 Census

References

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