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Fremington hundred was located between the Rivers Taw and Torridge in the west of Devon. It is #12 on the map.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following statistics for Fremington from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "[Fremington] hundred lies between the Taw and the Torridge, and contains eleven parishes. Acres: 31,384. Population: 5,861. Houses: 1,192."
The rural parishes of the hundred were split between the rural districts of Torrington and Barnstaple in 1894.
GENUKI provides a further description from White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Devonshire of 1850.
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Parishes
| Parish | Description | Notes
| | Alverdiscott | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Fremington | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Great Torrington | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Horwood | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Huntshaw | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Instow | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Newton Tracey | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Roborough | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | St. Giles in the Wood | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Tawstock | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Westleigh (near Bideford) | parish (ancient), civil parish |
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