# Burnham Hundred

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Historical division of Buckinghamshire, England

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Burnham Hundred Area • 1887 55,139 acres (223.14 km2)[1] Population • 1887 21,406[2] History • Created 11th century Status Hundred Subdivisions • Type Parishes

**Burnham Hundred** is a [hundred](/source/Hundred_(division)) in the [ceremonial county](/source/Ceremonial_county) of [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire), [England](/source/England). It is situated towards the south of the county and is bounded on the north by [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire) and on the south by [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire).

## History

Until at least the time of the [Domesday Survey](/source/Domesday_Survey) in 1086 there were 18 hundreds in Buckinghamshire. It has been suggested however that neighbouring hundreds had already become more closely associated in the 11th century so that by the end of the 14th century the original or ancient hundreds had been consolidated into 8 larger hundreds.[3] Burnham hundred is one of three hundreds which became collectively known as the [Chiltern hundreds](/source/Chiltern_hundreds) around the 13th century, the others being [Desborough hundred](/source/Desborough_(hundred)) and [Stoke hundred](/source/Stoke_(hundred)). Even before this time these individual hundreds had become possessions of the Crown and were nominally stewarded as a royal [bailiwick](/source/Bailiwick). The hundreds lost their collective 'Chilterns' title having become separately leased though retaining their individual administrative status as Buckinghamshire hundreds. Meanwhile, appointment to the role of [Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds](/source/Steward_of_the_Chiltern_Hundreds) persisted as a procedural device to enable resignation from the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom).

## Parishes and hamlets

Burnham hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets, (formerly [medieval](/source/Medieval) [vills](/source/Vill)):[4]

Amersham Beaconsfield Burnham (with Lower Boveney) Chalfont St Giles Chalfont St Peter Chenies Chesham Chesham Bois Dorney Farnham Royal Hedgerley Dean Hitcham Penn Seer Green Taplow

## See also

- [List of hundreds of England and Wales](/source/List_of_hundreds_of_England)

v t e Buckinghamshire Hundreds Ashendon Aylesbury Buckingham Burnham Cottesloe Desborough Newport Stoke

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Vision of Britain - Burnham Area](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=1602340&word=NULL) Retrieved, May 23, 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Vision of Britain - Burnham Population](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=1602340&word=NULL) Retrieved, May 23, 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Genuki - History of Buckinghaham Hundreds](http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/hundreds/hhundreds.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090823202230/http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/hundreds/hhundreds.html) August 23, 2009, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Retrieved, May 21, 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [History on Line - Victoria County History - A History of the County of Buckingham - Burnham Hundred: Volume 3, (1925), pp. 32-34.](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42523) Retrieved, May 23, 2009

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