Hundred of Salford | |
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Lancashire Hundred | |
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![]() Salford Hundred depicted in John Speed's 1610 map of Lancashire | |
Area | |
• 1831 | 212,170 acres (859 km²) |
History | |
• Created | Before Domesday |
• Abolished | Mid-18th century, never formally abolished |
• Succeeded by | Greater Manchester |
Status | Ancient Hundred |
• HQ | Salford |
Subdivisions | |
• Type | Parish(es) |
• Units | Manchester • Ashton-under-Lyne • Eccles • Deane • Flixton • Radcliffe • Prestwich • Bury • Middleton • Rochdale • Bolton • Wigan (Aspull) |
The Salford Hundred (also known as Salfordshire)[1] was one of the subdivisions of the historic county of Lancashire in Northern England (see:Hundred (county division). Its name alludes to its judicial centre being the township of Salford (the suffix -shire meaning the territory was appropriated to the prefixed settlement). It was also known as the Royal Manor of Salford[2] and the Salford wapentake.[1][3]
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