Hundred of Hormer, Ancient administrative division in Berkshire, England
The Hundred of Hormer was a medieval administrative region in Berkshire that included several parishes such as Abingdon, Cumnor, and the Hinskeys. Together these communities formed a large historical territory centered around the curves of the Thames.
In 1086, the entire region came under the control of Abingdon Abbey as documented in the Domesday Survey. A major administrative reform in the second half of the 1900s reshaped this ancient boundary and moved the territory to a different county.
The name originates from an old English word meaning a marshy pool, linked to the Hornings people who made their home in this Thames-shaped land. The villages here still reflect the patterns of those early communities in how they are laid out.
This area is no longer visible as a single place but rather as scattered villages and communities spread across the land. The best way to explore it is to visit the individual villages that once made up this ancient administrative territory.
The hundred courts originally met at Bagley Wood before moving to Cumnor, where they gathered twice yearly to handle local matters. These meeting places served as important centers for justice and decision-making in this part of the country.
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