Langley and Swinehead Hundred

Hundreds originated in the late Saxon period as a subdivision of a county and lasted as administrative divisions until the 19th century.

[1] Langley and Swinehead was divided into two divisions — Upper and Lower — the Upper division comprised the four ancient parishes of Bitton, Doynton, Frampton-Cotterell and Winterbourne and part of the parish of Alveston.

Langley Hundred, on the west, comprised places within seven parishes:[4] Swineshead, on the east, comprised places within Bristol (Bristol and Blacksworth), the later Barton Regis Hundred (Barton, Clifton, Mangotsfield and Ridgeway) and four other parishes:[5] Doynton was part of Pucklechurch Hundred at the time of the Domesday book.

The name Langley is derived from lang lēah (long clearing), the place believed to be in Alveston parish where the hundred court met.

'Swineshead' came from swīn hēafod (pigs hill), a place near Swineford,[2] Bitton parish where that hundred court met.