Knightlow

Knightlow Hundred was a

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of the county of

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

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, formed in the 12th century out of the Domesday hundreds of Bomelau (Bumbelowe), Stanlei, and Meretone. It covered the eastern part of the county, including

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, Bedworth,

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, and Leamington. Warwickshire Administrative 1832

It was one of four hundreds of Warwickshire, alongside Barlichway, Kington and

Hemlingford Hemlingford Hundred was one of the four hundreds that the English county of Warwickshire was divided into, along with Kington, Knightlow and Barlichway. It was recorded in the Domesday Book under the name of Coleshill. At the time of the Domes ...

. It contained four subdivisions, those of Kenilworth, Kirby, Rugby and Southam. Hundreds of Warwickshire {{WestMidlands-geo-stub