History A-Level
Shires, hundreds and tithings
What Shires, hundreds and tithings means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The shires were the principal unit of local government, administered by the sheriff and the shire court, with the hundred and tithing below it.
Topics that use Shires, hundreds and tithings
- Late Anglo- Saxon England, c1053–66 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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