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Shropshire were greatly reformed throughout the 12th century, and one of the earliest changes to be made was the formation of Munslow. During the reign of Henry I (1100 to 1135) the hundreds of Culvestan and Patton were formally merged (having been paired by a common
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Parliament, the Herefordshire element of the parish of Ludford joined Shropshire, which also meant a transfer from Herefordshire's Wolphy hundred to that of Munslow.
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Although never formally abolished, the hundreds of
England have become obsolete. They lost their remaining administrative and judicial functions in the mid-to-late 19th century, with the last aspects removed from them in 1895 with the
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Munslow after having become part of the liberty of Wenlock in medieval times; they were in Munslow hundred upon its formation c. 1100 and derive from manors originally transferred to Munslow from
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Munslow was recorded in 1868 at 103,750 acres (41,990 ha) with the Lower Division having 69,670 acres (28,190 ha) and the Upper Division 34,080 acres (13,790 ha).
352:, where the hundred's judicial and administrative functions were mostly carried out. The 'hundred house' for Munslow hundred was originally located in neighbouring Aston Munslow, but from the
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567:(with for example the upper division based on the former hundred's detached part in the vicinity of the Strettondale) as around half of the Patton element was removed.
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from 1967) which encompassed the same area as Ludlow's parish until the mid-late 19th century; its borough status meant it was largely autonomous from the hundred.
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Wenlock had three true enclaves within Munslow (the main part of the parish of Eaton together with Millichope, secondly the parish of
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which bordered onto Stoke St. Milborough; also written as 'Scirmidge') transferred to its Lower Division.
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726:Culmington
714:Shelderton
644:Felhampton
640:Wistanstow
611:Cardington
595:hundred).
559:— see the
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508:Huntington
454:See also:
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266:Shropshire
222:Government
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557:Richard I
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744:Easthope
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585:parishes
520:Beckbury
444:township
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185:elected
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906:.) and
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850:borough
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802:Overton
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339:Henry I
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240:Munslow
210:Hundred
130:History
106:Wenlock
39:in grey
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