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[[Image:Kevrangow kernow.png|thumb|450px|The hundreds of Cornwall]] | [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Hundreds | ||
[[Image:Kevrangow kernow.png|thumb|center|450px|The hundreds of Cornwall]] | |||
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Cornwall was, from Anglo-Saxon times until the 19th century, divided into '''hundreds'''. In the Cornish language the word for "hundred" is ''keverang'' (pl. ''keverangow'') and is the equivalent of the Welsh ''cantref''. | Cornwall was, from Anglo-Saxon times until the 19th century, divided into '''hundreds'''. In the Cornish language the word for "hundred" is ''keverang'' (pl. ''keverangow'') and is the equivalent of the Welsh ''cantref''. | ||
By 1841 Cornwall was composed of ten hundreds: | By 1841 Cornwall was composed of ten hundreds: | ||
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* Penwith(Penwyth) | * Penwith(Penwyth) | ||
* Kerrier Keryer) | * Kerrier (Keryer) | ||
* Pydarshire Pedera) | * Pydarshire (Pedera) | ||
* Powdershire (Pow Ereder) | * Powdershire (Pow Ereder) | ||
* Triggshire (Trigor) | * Triggshire (Trigor) | ||
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* East Wivelshire (Ryslegh) | * East Wivelshire (Ryslegh) | ||
* Scilly | * Scilly | ||
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[[Category:Cornwall]] | [[Category:Cornwall]] | ||