Bookham Village - A little History

What is this - Bookham part of Effingham? And what is a 'Hundred'? There always has had to be a way of collecting taxes, of ruling and maintaining law and a 'Hundred' was part of one of the systems. England for many centuries has been divided up into shires or counties and then subdivided further into smaller administration areas. Today we have the counties and councils. With 'Hundreds' we are going back to a scheme introduced first in Saxon times, AD 600 to 1000 and still meaningful until just some 140 years ago.

What is now Surrey had fourteen such divisions one of which was the Effingham 'Hundred' it was actually a 'Half Hundred' as it was only judged to be able to sustain 50 families. The Effingham 'Hundred' consisted of Effingham itself together with Great and Little Bookham.

Lets forget the history bit and the hustle and bustle of shopping in town, come along to Bookham Village and you will find a host of shops offering an array of products at great prices.

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