Little and Lesnes Hundred
| Little and Lesnes | |
|---|---|
| Former subdivision of England | |
| 1086–1876 | |
Map of the Hundred of Little and Lesnes and the Hundred of Dartford and Wilmington by Edward Hasted published, by W Bristow Canterbury (1778 and 1797) included in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent (1778–99) (Hasted) | |
| Area | |
| • 1831 | 10,410 acres (42 km2) |
| • 1831 | 10,410 acres (42 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1086 | ? (153 households) |
| • 1831 | 6,699 |
| History | |
| • Created | Ancient (before 1086) |
| • Abolished | 1876-1894 (obsolete) |
| • Succeeded by | Plumstead and East Wickham: County of London (1889) and Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich (1900) then London Borough of Greenwich (1965) Erith: Municipal Borough of Erith (1876) then London Borough of Bexley (1965) Crayford: Dartford Rural District (1894) then Crayford Urban District (1920) then London Borough of Bexley (1965) |
| Status | Obsolete |
| Government | Hundred |
| • HQ | Lesnes Heath |
| History | |
• Established | 1086 |
• Disestablished | 1876 |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Parishes |
| • Units | Crayford, East Wickham*, Erith, Plumstead, (*Before 1854 East Wickham was part of Plumstead parish) |
Little and Lesnes was a hundred, a historical land division, in the county of Kent, England. It occupied the northern part of the Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone in the west division of Kent. Little and Lesnes was the northernmost hundred in the whole county of Kent. The hundred existed since ancient times, before the Domesday Book of 1086, until it was made obsolete with the creation of new districts at the end of the nineteenth century.
Today the area that was the Hundred of Little and Lesnes is suburban London, covering the northeast corner of the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the northern part of the London Borough of Bexley, with the River Thames to the north, and Watling Street to the south; and roughly centred on the area of Abbey Wood. Little and Lesnes Hundred was approximately, 4 miles (6.5 km) across north to south, and about 7 miles (11.25 km) wide east to west.