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‘BRIXTON HUNDRED’, EXTRACT FROM MAP OF SURREY COUNTY

‘BRIXTON HUNDRED’, EXTRACT FROM MAP OF SURREY COUNTY

'Brixton Hundred', extract from Surrey County and Borough Towns map. A 'hundred' was an ancient administrative area. The County of Surrey was made up of 13 'Hundreds'. The meeting place for the Brixton Hundreds was on the top of Brixton Hill.Engraving of 'An Accurate Map of Surrey; divided into it's Hundreds', by Eman Bowen, c.1760.
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Ref:01710
Identifier:1/c.1760/M 263
Date:c.1760

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