THE HUNDRED OF SOMERDEN.
Penshurst, Kent
THE next hundred eastward is that of Somerden,
being the last undescribed in this lath.
IT CONTAINS PART OF THE PARISHES OF
1. HEVER.
2. COWDEN.
3. CHIDINGSTONE.
4. PENSHURST.
5. LYGHE, and
6. SPELDHURST.
And the churches of those parishes:
And also part of the parishes of Chevening and Eatonbridge, the
churches of which are in another hundred.
There is no description of any place within this
hundred in the general survey of Domesday; nor indeed, to the best of my recollection, is there any in
that record of any of the parishes, situated wholly
within the bounds of the Weald, excepting those of
Hadlow and Tudeley. The court leet of the hundred of Somerden is an appendage to the honour of
Otford.