Leyland Hundred

The Leyland Hundred (also known as Leylandshire) is a historic subdivision of the English county of Lancashire. It covered the parishes of Brindle, Chorley, Croston, Eccleston, Hoole, Leyland, Penwortham, Rufford, Standish and Tarleton.^[1]

Hundred of Leyland
Lancashire Hundred
Leyland Hundred depicted in John Speed's 1610 map of Lancashire
Area
• 1831	79,990 acres (324 km2) [1]
• Coordinates	53.686°N 2.657°W / 53.686; -2.657
History
• Created	Before Domesday
• Abolished	Mid-18th century, never formally abolished
Status	Ancient Hundred
• HQ	Eccleston
Subdivisions
• Type	Parish(es)
• Units	Leyland • Penwortham • Brindle • Croston • Hesketh-With-Becconsall • Tarleton • Rufford • Chorley • Hoole • Eccleston • Standish

Lonsdale

Lonsdale

Amounderness

Blackburn

Leyland

Salford

West Derby

Hundreds of Lancashire

In the Domesday Book the area was recorded as 'Lailand' Hundred,^[2] included in the returns for Cheshire.^[3] However, it cannot be said clearly to have been part of Cheshire.^[4][5][6]