Wixamtree is an ancient
hundred
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In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
located in
Bedfordshire
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,
England
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.
Wixamtree was one of the
hundreds of Bedfordshire, with its council being the primary form of local government in its area from the
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...
times to the nineteenth century.
Parishes
The hundred contained the following parishes:
,
Cardington,
Cople,
Northill
Northill is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England about southeast of the county town of Bedford.
The 2011 census showed the population for Northill village as 338 and for the ci ...
,
Southill,
Old Warden
Old Warden is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England, about south-east of the county town of Bedford.
The 2011 census shows its population as 328.
The ...
,
Willington
See also
*
Hundreds of Bedfordshire
*
Wixams
Wixams is a new town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England, which has been under construction since early 2007. It is expected to become the third largest settlement in the Borough of Bedford after Bedford itself and Kempston, and on ...
new town
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz
* New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
** New (Paul McCartney song), "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013
* New (EP), ''New'' (EP), ...
, named after the ancient hundred (though not located in it)
References
External links
*
Hundreds of Bedfordshire
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