{{About|the historic area of Buckinghamshire|the town in Northamptonshire|Desborough}} {{Short description|Administrative division in Buckinghamshire, England}} {{coord|51|37|58|N|0|46|39|W |type:landmark_region:GB |display=title}} {{infobox historic subdivision| |Name=Desborough Hundred |HQ=[[Desborough Castle]] |Map=[[File:Desborough Hundred - Buckinghamshire.svg|250px|Desborough Hundred (black) shown in Buckinghamshire]] |Status= [[Hundred (county subdivision)|Hundred]] |Start= 11th century |End= |Replace= |Image= |AreaFirst= |AreaLast={{convert|45337|acre|km2}}<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=811890&word=NULL Vision of Britain - Desborough Area] Retrieved, May 23, 2009</ref> |AreaFirstYear= |AreaLastYear=1871 |PopulationFirst= |PopulationLast=19,198<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=811890&word=NULL Vision of Britain - Desborough Population] Retrieved, May 23, 2009</ref> |PopulationFirstYear= |PopulationLastYear=1871 |Divisions= [[Parish]]es }}

'''Desborough Hundred''' is a [[hundred (division)|hundred]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. It is situated in the south of the county and is bounded on the west by [[Oxfordshire]] and on the south the [[River Thames]] marked the boundary with [[Berkshire]]. The hundred is named after the hundred court meeting place of [[Desborough Castle]] in [[High Wycombe]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=Olaf |date=1934 |title=The English Hundred Names |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/social-historical-sciences/sites/social_historical_sciences/files/Anderson3.pdf |journal=LUNDS UNIVERSITETS ARSSKRIFT}}</ref>

==History== Until at least the time of the [[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.<ref>[http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/hundreds/hhundreds.html Genuki - History of Buckinghaham Hundreds] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823202230/http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/hundreds/hhundreds.html |date=August 23, 2009 }} Retrieved, May 21, 2009</ref> Desborough hundred is one of three hundreds which became collectively known as the [[Chiltern hundreds]] around the 13th century, the others being [[Burnham (hundred)|Burnham hundred]] and [[Stoke (hundred)|Stoke hundred]]. Even before this time these individual hundreds had become special possessions of the Crown and were together [[steward (office)|steward]]ed as a royal [[bailiwick]], occupying the place of any [[Duchy|dukedom]], [[earldom]] or [[English feudal barony|barony]] that might otherwise have had absolute possession of the whole area (see [[fee simple]] and [[knight's fee]]). The Chiltern Hundreds were for all but this Crown Steward and Bailiff (one role), separately leased and administered, the lords of the various [[Manorialism|manor]]s meeting occasionally in each hundred of the [[county (England)|county]], which were the main administrative units. Meanwhile the role of [[Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds]] persisted in name only becoming a government-led appointment, and from 1751, a disqualifying [[sinecure]] for any elected members of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].

==Parishes and hamlets == Desborough hundred comprised the following ancient parishes and hamlets (formerly [[medieval]] [[vill]]s):<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42523 History on Line - Victoria County History - A History of the County of Buckingham - Desborough Hundred: Volume 3, (1925), pp. 32-34.] Retrieved, May 23, 2009</ref>

{| class="wikitable" | [[Bradenham, Buckinghamshire|Bradenham]]||[[Ibstone]] (part of) ||[[Stokenchurch]]† |- | [[Fawley, Buckinghamshire|Fawley]]||[[Great Marlow]]||[[Turville]] |- | [[Fingest]]||[[Little Marlow]]||[[Wooburn]] |- | [[Hambleden]]||[[Medmenham]]|| [[Chepping Wycombe]]‡ |- | [[Hedsor]]|| [[Radnage]]|| [[West Wycombe]] |- | [[Hughenden Valley|Hughenden]]|| [[Saunderton]]||&nbsp; |}

† Stokenchurch was originally in Oxfordshire, and transferred to Buckinghamshire in the latter part of the 19th century after the hundred was superseded.

‡ Later High Wycombe

==See also== * [[List of hundreds of England|List of hundreds of England and Wales]] * [[Baron Desborough]] {{Buckinghamshire Hundreds}}

==References== {{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Hundreds of Buckinghamshire]]