Place:Cliston Hundred, Devon, England

Watchers
NameCliston Hundred
TypeHundred
Coordinates50.74°N 3.43°W
Located inDevon, England
See alsoEast Devon District, Devon, Englandmodern district which has covered the area of the hundred since 1974
Cliston Hundred is a small hundred to the east of Exeter containing only 5 parishes. It is #5 on the map.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Cliston Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"CLISTON, a hundred in Devon; containing the parishes of Broad-Clist, Clist-Hydon, Clist-St. Lawrence, and two others. Acres: 15,471. Population: 3,690. Houses: 744."

GENUKI provides a further description from White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Devonshire of 1850.

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Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Broad Clyst parish (ancient), civil parish
Butterleigh parish (ancient), civil parish
Clyst Hydon parish (ancient), civil parish
Clyst St. Lawrence parish (ancient), civil parish
Whimple parish (ancient), civil parish