Holmstrow (hundred)

Holmstrow Hundred was an administrative unit in the Rape of Lewes in the eastern division of the county of Sussex, until the abolition of hundreds in the 19th century. It contained the villages of Meeching (now Newhaven), Piddinghoe, Telscombe, Southease and Rodmell.^[3]

Holmstrow
Map showing location of Holmstrow hundred in Sussex.
Area
• 1831	6,710 acres (27 km2)[1]
Population
• 1831	1,748 [2]
History
• Created	in antiquity
• Abolished	1884 - 1965,
Status	obsolete
Government	hundred
Subdivisions
• Type	Parishes
• Units	Newhaven, Piddinghoe, Rodmell, Southease, Telscombe.