A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
| Status: | Cantref |
| Identifier: | Cantref | Number of units in system: |
| Geographical Level: | 8 (Higher-level District) |
| ADL Feature Type: | countries, 3rd order divisions |
| Is a status within: | Division of Ancient County |
Written also as 'kantry', this Welsh word 'cantref' originated from the joining of two words; cant (hundred) and tref (dwelling place, village). The Cantref was an ancient administrative division of the counties of Wales. It was composed of a hundred villages and was recorded as an intermediate unit between a county and a hundred. These ancient divisions were created in the medieval period and abolished in 1536, with Act of Union between England and Wales.