Gore was a hundred of the historic county of Middlesex, England.
The hundred's name means 'piece of ground shaped like the head of a spear/triangle'.[1]
Scope and importance
editIt covered an area in the north of the county, in present London Boroughs roughly that of Harrow, one third of Barnet (including Hendon and Edgware) and about a third of Brent, plus part of Elstree, historically divided between Hertfordshire and Middlesex. Per the relatively frequent central medieval records of all major estates including the Domesday Book, Feet of Fines (premiums on estates being transferred), Assize Rolls and subsidy rolls its parishes were:[2]
| Parish | Part of hundred covered[2][3] |
|---|---|
| Edgware | Small parish along northern border |
| Harrow | Western two-fifths of the hundred roughly. The parent parish of Wembley, Alperton and Sudbury. |
| Hendon | Eastern third of the hundred approximately |
| Kingsbury | Small parish on the near, southern border of the Hundred |
| Great Stanmore | Strip parish in the north, adjoining Harrow and others |
| Little Stanmore | Strip parish in the north, adjoining Edgware and others |
| Pinner | A chapelry of Harrow until 1766. The north-west quarter of Harrow. |
By the end of the 15th century (due to subinfeudation) some 22 manors were in the Hundred. From an early date the jurisdiction exercised by the hundred was minuscule. Only Great Stanmore of the manors did not at some times before 1300 enjoy or claim exemption from the Hundred Court. Free and frank rights instead include two known sets of franchies: those of Westminster Abbey and the Archbishop of Canterbury, and view of frankpledge and other liberties to the noble owner of Edgware and to St Bart's (the Great) Priory, Smithfield, London who acquired Little Stanmore.[2]
See also
edit- HA postcode area and to a lesser extent NW postcode area; most of the HA post towns and numbered divisions are based on the old parishes but reshaped for post service convenience.
References
edit- ^ "Key to English Place-names". Kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ a b c Diane K Bolton, H P F King, Gillian Wyld and D C Yaxley, 'The hundred of Gore', in collaborative historians work of the Victoria County History series A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4 ed. T F T Baker, J S Cockburn and R B Pugh (London, 1971), pp. 149-150
- ^ "The hundred of Gore | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. pp. 149–150. Retrieved 22 October 2021.