Hundred of Wirral

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The Hundred of Wirral was a historic administrative division in northwestern England that covered the Wirral Peninsula within the county of Cheshire.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historic administrative division
hundred
administrativeFunction judicial district
local taxation unit
military levy district
classification sub-county division
country England
covers Wirral Peninsula
existedWithin Kingdom of England
governanceSystem hundred court
hasJurisdictionOver settlements on the Wirral Peninsula
hasLanguageOfAdministration English
historicalRegion historic county of Cheshire
historicalStatus defunct administrative unit
legalTradition English common law
locatedIn Cheshire
Wirral Peninsula
northwest England
nameBasedOn Wirral NERFINISHED
partOf County of Cheshire
precedes later local government districts on the Wirral Peninsula
relatedTo Hundreds of Cheshire
status historical
subdivisionOf Cheshire hundreds system
typeOfBoundary civil jurisdiction boundary
usedFor collection of royal revenues
organization of local courts
raising of local militias
usedInPeriod early modern England
medieval England

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Cheshire
hasHistoricSubdivision

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