Exestan was one of the original twelve
Hundreds of Cheshire
The Hundreds of Cheshire, as with other Hundreds in England, were the geographic divisions of Cheshire for administrative, military and judicial purposes. They were introduced in Cheshire some time before the Norman conquest. Later on, both the n ...
bordering Wales to the west. It appears in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
in 1066 under the control of various Lordships including Thorth of
Wroxeter
Wroxeter is a village in Shropshire, England, which forms part of the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, beside the River Severn, south-east of Shrewsbury.
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. There were 9 settlements within the Hundred, several of the largest and most valuable (to the Lord) included:
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Gresford - 24 households, £14.5, woodland (4 x 2 leagues), ploughland (12 leagues), 1 mill, 1 church.
* Eyton - 9.5 households, £2.
* Sutton - 8.5 households, £1.
* Hoseley - 1 household, £0.5.
Exestan later became a principal part of the County of
Flintshire
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during the reign of
Edward I, and now forms part of
Wrexham County Borough
Wrexham County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a county borough, with city status, in the north-east of Wales. It borders England to the east and south-east, Powys to the south-west, Denbighshire to the west and Flintshire to the ...
.
References
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Hundreds of Cheshire
History of Flintshire