THE HUNDRED OF SELBRITTENDEN
LIES the next eastward from that of Barkley. It is
written in Domesday, Selebrist hundred, and afterwards
in other antient records, Selebrichtindene. In the 20th
year of Edward III. it is spelt Selbrightinden.
THIS HUNDRED CONTAINS WITHIN ITS BOUNDS THE PARISH OF
SANDHURST,
With the church, and part of the parishes of BENENDEN, HAWKHURST, and NEWENDEN, the churches of which are in other
hundreds. One constable has jurisdiction over it.