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was formed on 19 May 1836, covering roughly the same area as the
Hundred of Axstane. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 24 in number, representing the following 21 constituent parishes (figures in brackets indicate numbers of Guardians if more than one): Ash, Bexley (2),
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Crayford (2), Darenth, Dartford (2), Eynsford, Erith, Farningham, Fawkham, Hartley, Horton Kirby, Kingsdown, Longfield, Lullingstone, Ridley, Southfleet, Stone, Sutton-at-Hone, Swanscombe, East
Wickham, Wilmington.
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The importance of the hundred courts declined from the 17th century, and most of their powers were extinguished with the establishment of county courts in 1867. In 1894 the
Hundred was succeeded by
220:. The Hundred of Axstane lay south-east of Dartford and Wilmington Hundred. It is called Achestan in Domesday Book, but by the reign of Edward I it was called Axstane.
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Its name has been interpreted as referring to an oak bearing stony land, or alternatively a reference to the personal name Acca.
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The
Hundred of Dartford and Wilmington did not exist at the time of the Norman Conquest, and the parishes of
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See The
History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 1, author:Edward Hasted, publ. 1797
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The
Domesday Book: Kent (Publisher: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1 Nov 1983)The original text and translation
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Dartford RD Kent through time | Local history overview for the Local
Government District
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Hundred of Axton in John Marius Wilson's
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales,1870-72
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Incorporated in the parish of Ash cum Ridley and, to a minor extent, West
Kingsdown
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The area was 34,139 acres (138 km). Population in 1851: 9,869; Houses: 1,852.
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Country - The Story Of The Hundred Of Axstane by Geoff Porteus, 1985,
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Victoria County History of Kent Vol 3, p. 367, publ.1932, ed William Page,
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Alternative spellings: Achestan (as above), Axston, Axstone, Axtane, Axton
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Out of the parish of Sutton at Hone and minor parts of other parishes
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40:Map showing the parishes of the hundred of Axstane
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54: • Coordinates
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114: • Created
844:Borough of Dartford
181:Parishes (see text)
104: • Origin
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187: • Units
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169:Subdivisions
118:10th century
635:Swanscombe
584:Southfleet
446:Farningham
236:Black Death
79: /
838:Categories
703:2012-09-19
529:Longfield
510:Kingsdown
390:Comments
330:Wilmington
309:Swanscombe
299:Southfleet
264:Farningham
157:Government
64:51°23′44″N
733:(page 13)
430:Eynsford
319:Kingsdown
284:Longfield
67:0°19′37″E
478:Hartley
462:Fawkham
414:Darenth
352:Dartford
341:Crayford
326:Dartford
259:Eynsford
191:Parishes
152:obsolete
565:Ridley
376:(acres)
274:Hartley
269:Fawkham
254:Darenth
218:England
208:in the
206:hundred
202:Axstane
160:Hundred
96:History
29:England
22:Axstane
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667:24,420
657:33,823
644:6,577
641:1,763
638:2,141
625:3,847
622:1,290
619:3,625
609:3,773
603:3,009
600:Stone
587:2,409
513:2,813
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439:1,841
436:1,323
433:3,544
417:2,223
398:3,074
370:Parish
294:Ridley
210:county
204:was a
149:Status
684:Notes
662:9,869
652:TOTAL
548:1557
423:2801
304:Stone
777:ISBN
727:ISBN
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532:605
519:412
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468:249
455:879
452:701
420:654
404:619
401:702
395:Ash
387:1891
385:Pop.
382:1851
380:Pop.
373:Area
328:and
214:Kent
128:1894
46:Area
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249:Ash
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