"in the hundred of"

[nessi]

What does it mean when a place is said to be "in the hundred of" another place? For example, Westerleigh Parish/Village is in the hundred of Puckle-Church.

[ChuckFickens]

http://en.wikipedia.o...county_subdivision%29

[NazNomad]

Is this what you're looking for? ... http://www.nt.gov.au/...origins/hundred.shtml

[DTCwordfan]

A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in England, Wales, Denmark, South Australia, some parts of the United States, Germany (Southern Schleswig), Sweden, Finland and Norway, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. Alternative names include wapentake, herred (Danish, Norwegian bokmål), herad (Norwegian nynorsk), härad (Swedish), Harde (German) and kihlakunta (Finnish).

The name "hundred" is derived from the number one hundred. It may once have referred to an area liable to provide for a hundred men under arms, or containing roughly a hundred homesteads, or to a small parcel (thus loosely a hundredth) of a territory.

There were also hundred courts to resolve local issues.......

[nessi]

WOW 3 answers in the space of 2 minutes...I'm impressed guys...Thanks Alot :)

[Francis Asis]

Interesting. What's the betting it comes up in The Times Crossword within the week.