Shebbear Hundred
Shebbear Hundred was the name of one of the thirty-two 19th century hundreds of Devon, England.[1]
The hundred of Shebbear was organized by the 13th century with many of the parishes of the ancient Domesday hundred of Merton.[2]
The
hundred
of Shebbear were:
Abbotsham,
Alwington,
Beaford,
Bideford,
Buckland Brewer,
Buckland Filleigh,
Bulkworthy,
East Putford,
Frithelstock,
Huish,
Iddesleigh,
Landcross,
Langtree,
Little Torrington,
Littleham (near Bideford),
Meeth,
Merton,
Monkleigh,
Newton St Petrock,
Northam,
Parkham,
Peters Marland,
Petrockstowe,
Shebbear
,
Sheepwash and
Weare Giffard
[1]
The island of Lundy, in the northwest of the county, also belongs to Shebbear Hundred, but it is not a civil parish as it formerly was, but an unparished area.
See also
Literature
- Enumeration Abstract (1833), p. 132 (with statistical data of the parishes)]
References
- ^ a b "THE HUNDREDS OF DEVON". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Open Domesday: Merton Hundred. Accessed 25 Dec 2021.
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