Hundred of Brixton

Brixton
Brixton Hundred from an engraving by Eman Bowen, c.1760
Area
 • 183130,400 acres (123 km2)
 • 188729,714 acres (120 km2)
Population
 • 1861409,504
 • 1887825,155
History
 • Createdin antiquity
 • Abolished1889
 • Succeeded byvarious, see text
Statushundred
 • HQBrixton
Subdivisions
 • TypeParishes
 • Units
  • Barnes
  • Battersea
  • Bermondsey
  • Camberwell
  • Clapham
  • Hatcham
  • Lambeth
  • Merton
  • Mortlake
  • Newington
  • Penge
  • Putney
  • Rotherhithe
  • Southwark Christchurch
  • Southwark St George
  • Southwark St John
  • Southwark St Margaret
  • Southwark St Mary
  • Southwark St Olave
  • Southwark St Saviour
  • Southwark St Thomas
  • Streatham
  • Tooting Graveney
  • Wandsworth
  • Wimbledon

Brixton Hundred or the Hundred of Brixton was for many centuries a group of parishes (hundred) used for meetings and taxation of their respective great estates in the north east of the county of Surrey, England. Its area has been entirely absorbed by the growth of London; with its name currently referring to the Brixton district.[1] Its area corresponds to London Boroughs: Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth and parts of Lewisham, Merton and Richmond upon Thames.

  1. ^ Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)