Place:Dorchester Hundred, Oxfordshire, England

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NameDorchester Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inOxfordshire, England

Dorchester Hundred is on the north side of the River Thames in eastern Oxfordshire and covers the parishes from Culham to Overy. There is a projection to the northeast including three further parishes and, in addition, it has two detached parts of one parish each. The introductory chapter on the Hundred in The Victoria History of the County of Oxfordshire includes a map.

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

"The hundred contains seven parishes and part of another. Acres: 12,434. Population: 3,529. Houses: 767."
Image:Oxfordshire se corner OxFHS 1900 2.png

Parishes

Place
Map Number
Type Duration and Notes
Benson
1
parish (ancient), civil parish
Burcott
2
hamlet, civil parish
Chiselhampton
3
chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish
Clifton Hampden
4
chapelry, civil parish
Culham
5
parish (ancient), civil parish
Dorchester
6
parish (ancient), civil parish
Drayton St. Leonard
7
chapelry, civil parish
South Stoke
8
parish (ancient), civil parish
Stadhampton
9
chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish

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