Its area has been mostly absorbed by the growth of London; with its name currently referring to both the suburban town of Kingston upon Thames and the larger Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

It bordered the Hundred of Brixton to the east, the Hundred of Elmbridge to the south, and to the west and north by the River Thames.

[1] It contained the following parishes:[2] In Domesday Book it is recorded as containing Kingston, Petersham, Long Ditton, Thames Ditton, and Malden.

[4] In 1871 the hundred is described as containing six parishes and part of another.

Ten years later the population was 22,997; an increase of over 2,000.