Bullingdon Hundred

Bullingdon was a hundred in the county of Oxfordshire, covering an area to the east of Oxford. It took its name from the hamlet of Bullingdon Green, in the parish of Horspath (just north of the modern Horspath Sports Ground).[1]

The hundred included villages such as Cuddesdon, Garsington, the Baldons and Headington.

Hundreds gradually lost their administrative importance, especially through the nineteenth century. Whilst the hundreds were never formally abolished, they had no administrative functions after 1886 and were therefore effectively abandoned.

The Bullingdon name was reused for the Bullingdon Rural District which was created in 1932. That district covered an area to the east and south-east of Oxford which was similar, but not identical, to the former hundred. Bullingdon Rural District was abolished in 1974, becoming part of South Oxfordshire.

The name lives on in the form of HM Prison Bullingdon, a Category B/C prison in the village of Arncott in Oxfordshire.

References
  1. Lobel, Mary D., ed. (1957). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 5. London: Victoria County History. pp. 1–7. Retrieved 21 March 2022.


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