| Ossulstone | |
| Geography | |
| Status | hundred |
| 1831 area | 47,950 acres[1] |
| History | |
| Created | in antiquity |
| Demography | |
|---|---|
| 1831 population | 1,008,441 |
| 1881 population | 2,205,806 |
| Subdivisions | |
| Type | Divisions / liberties |
Ossulstone was an ancient hundred in the south east of the county of Middlesex, England. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland [2] Its area has been entirely absorbed by the growth of London; and now corresponds to the part of Inner London that is north of the River Thames and, from Outer London, parts of the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Haringey and Hounslow. Inner London is the name for the group of London boroughs which form the interior part of Greater London and are surrounded by Outer London. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. Outer London is the name for the group of London Boroughs that form a ring around Inner London.
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History
It was named after "Oswald's Stone" or "Oswulf's Stone", an unmarked pre-Roman monolith which was situated at Tyburn (the modern-day junction of the Edgware Road with Bayswater Road). History The village was one of two manors of the Parish of St Marylebone, which was itself named after the stream St Marylebone being Oswald's Stone was earthed over in 1819, but dug up three years later because of its presumed historical significance. Later in the 19th century it was to be found leaning against Marble Arch following its move. Marble Arch is a white Carrara Marble monument near Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, at the western end of Oxford Street in In 1869, shortly after an archaeological journal published an article about it, the stone disappeared and it has not been identified since. [3]
Within Middlesex, it bordered Edmonton hundred to the north and Elthorne and Gore hundreds to west and north. Edmonton was an ancient hundred in the north of the county of Middlesex, England. Elthorne was a hundred (ancient subdivision of the ancient county of Middlesex, England. Gore was a hundred of the ancient county of Middlesex, England. It bordered the Becontree hundred of Essex to the east and had a short boundary with Hertfordshire to the north. Becontree was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Essex, England. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of It did not include the City of London, which it surrounded to the west, north and east. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically [4] Additionally, Westminster formed an independent liberty.
Replacement
In the 17th century the hundred was split into four divisions, which replaced the hundred for most administrative purposes. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar These were:[4]
References
- ^ Vision of Britain - Middlesex hundreds 1831 census population. The Kensington Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the County of Middlesex, England. Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along Fulham (pronounced "fullum" is an area of south-west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, (the successor to the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on Chiswick ( IPA /ˈtʃɪzɪk/ is an area of West London, located west of Charing Cross, which covers the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow Ealing is a Town in the London Borough of Ealing. It is a Suburban development situated 7 Acton is a place in west London, England situated west of Charing Cross. The Holborn Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the County of Middlesex, England. St Giles in the Fields is a church in the Borough of Camden, in the heart of London, England 's West End close to the Centre Point St George's Church Bloomsbury is a church in Bloomsbury in central London, England. St Andrew Holborn, a large parish for the City is a Church of England church on the western edge of the City of London, on Holborn. In Christian hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Saffron Hill is the name of a street in the south eastern corner of the London Borough of Camden, between Farringdon Road and Hatton Garden. Hatton Garden is a street and area near Holborn in London, England. The Liberty of the Rolls was a Liberty, later a Civil parish within the boundaries of Westminster, in Middlesex. Hampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross. Marylebone (sometimes written St Marylebone or Mary-le-bone, or in archaic use Marybone) is an area of central London, England in Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. The Liberties of the Savoy were one of several areas in London known as liberties in which the rule of law was different from the rest of London The Finsbury Division was one of four divisions of the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the County of Middlesex, England. St Luke's is an area in the London Borough of Islington in Greater London, close to the borders with the London Borough of Hackney and the City of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, also known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Holborn is an Anglican church in the City of London. Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. Note For an area with a similar name see Newington, in the London Borough of Southwark. Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. Friern Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. It is a suburban development situated north of Charing Cross. Hornsey is a district in London Borough of Haringey in north London in England The Tower Division was a liberty, a historical form of local government in the ancient county of Middlesex, England. Whitechapel is a built-up Inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England. Spitalfields is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London, near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. Norton Folgate is a short length of street in London, connecting Bishopsgate with Shoreditch High Street on the northern edge of its financial district Hackney was a Parish in the ancient county of Middlesex. The parish church of St John-at-Hackney, was built in 1789 replacing the nearby former 16th century Bethnal Green is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London. Mile End is an area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England. Bromley-by-Bow, historically and officially Bromley, is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Limehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff Ratcliff or Ratcliffe is a former hamlet lying by the north bank of the River Thames between Shadwell and Limehouse. Shadwell is an inner-city district situated within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets located on the north bank of the Thames between Wapping to the west Wapping (pronounced 'Wopping' is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which forms part of the Docklands to the east of the City of London. Smithfield is the name of several places In the UK Smithfield Cumbria Smithfield London (sometimes referred to as West Smithfield The Liberties of the Tower, or the Tower Liberty was an area adjoining the Tower of London, which was outside the jurisdiction of either the City of London The Liberty of Westminster was an independent liberty, locally in the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the County of Middlesex, England The Anglican church of St Margaret Westminster is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, and is the Parish church St Martin-in-the-Fields is an Anglican church at the northeast corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. St James's Church Piccadilly is an Anglican church on Piccadilly in the centre of London, UK St Mary-le-Strand is a Church of England church at the eastern end of the Strand in the City of Westminster, London. St Clement Danes is a church in the City of Westminster, London. Covent Garden (Pronunciation kɒvʌnt is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ British History Online - Hundreds of Middlesex
- ^ Ossulstone Hundred, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 6: Friern Barnet, Finchley, Hornsey with Highgate (1980), pp. 1-5 accessed: 30 May 2007
- ^ a b British History Online - Divisions of Ossulstone hundred
External links
- Vision of Britain - Ossulstone hundred
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