Place:Deerhurst Hundred, Gloucestershire, England

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NameDeerhurst Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inGloucestershire, England

The Hundreds of Gloucestershire, as with hundreds in other English counties, were the original geographic divisions of the county for administrative, military and judicial purposes. Each hundred covered a number of parishes. The introduction of civil registration in 1837 was accompanied by the creation of other groups of parishes such as Sanitary Districts and Poor Law Unions.

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

"[DEERHURST] hundred consists of detached pieces; contains nine parishes and parts of three others; and is cut into two divisions, lower and upper. Acres: 11,909 and 7,970. Population of the whole: 4,994. Houses: 1,092."

Deerhurst is located northwest of Cheltenham. A much more extensive description of the Deerhurst Hundred will be found in the Victoria County History of Gloucestershire found in the website British History Online.

Image:Gloucestershire 1832 Map of Hundreds WP.png

Parishes

ParishDescriptionNotes
Coln St. Dennis parish (ancient), civil parish
Deerhurst parish (ancient), civil parish also in Westminster Hundred
Elmstone Hardwicke chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish also in Westminster Hundred
Leigh chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish also in Westminster Hundred
Little Compton parish (ancient), civil parish transferred to Warwickshire in 1844
Prestbury parish (ancient), civil parish
Preston on Stour parish (ancient), civil parish transferred to Warwickshire in 1931
Staverton chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Tirley chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish also in Westminster Hundred
Uckington hamlet, civil parish
Welford on Avon parish (ancient), civil parish transferred to Warwickshire in 1931
Woolstone parish (ancient), civil parish

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