Kerrier Hundred
Ancient administrative unit of Cornwall, England
50°06′22″N 5°16′12″W / 50.106°N 5.270°W / 50.106; -5.270
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The hundred of Kerrier was the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Kerrier (sometimes Kirrier) is thought by Charles Thomas to be derived from an obsolete name (ker hyr = long fort) of Castle Pencaire on Tregonning Hill, Breage.[1] It is likely that an even earlier name for the district was Predannack which has been displaced by the Lizard Peninsula as a geographical name.
Parishes in Kerrier hundred
St Anthony-in-Meneage, Breage, Budock, Constantine, Cury, Falmouth, Germoe, St Gluvias, Grade, Gunwalloe alias Winnington, Gwennap with St Day, Helston, St Keverne, Landewednack, Mabe, Manaccan, St Martin-in-Meneage, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Mawnan, Mullion, Mylor, Perranarworthal, Ruan Minor, and Ruan Major, Sithney, St Stithians, Wendron
Adjacent hundreds
- Penwith Hundred (northwest)
- Pydarshire Hundred (north)
- Powdershire Hundred (northeast)
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References
- ^ Thomas, Charles (1964) Settlement History in Early Cornwall: I; the antiquity of the hundreds (In: Cornish Archaeology. 3. St Ives: Cornwall Archaeological Society, pp. 70-79)
External links
Cornwall portal
- Thomas Moule, The Hundred of Kerrier, 1838
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Cornwall Portal
(cities in italics)
- Bodmin
- Bude
- Callington
- Camborne
- Camelford
- Falmouth
- Fowey
- Hayle
- Helston
- Hugh Town
- Launceston
- Liskeard
- Looe
- Lostwithiel
- Marazion
- Newlyn
- Newquay
- Padstow
- Penryn
- Penzance
- Porthleven
- Redruth
- St Austell
- St Blazey
- St Columb Major
- St Ives
- St Just in Penwith
- Saltash
- Stratton
- Torpoint
- Truro
- Wadebridge
See also: List of civil parishes in Cornwall
