Place:South Molton Hundred, Devon, England

Watchers
NameSouth Molton Hundred
TypeHundred
Coordinates51.01°N 3.83°W
Located inDevon, England
See alsoNorth Devon District, Devon, Englandmodern district which has covered the area of South Molton Hundred since 1974
South Molton Hundred is now covered by the North Devon District, and was landlocked by Shirwell and Braunton Hundreds. It is #25 on the map.

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

"MOLTON (SOUTH), a town, a parish, a [registration] sub-district, a [registration] district, and a hundred, in Devon. The town stands on rising ground, on the right bank of the river Mole, 8¼ miles NNE of South Molton-Road [railway] station, and 11½ ESE of Barnstaple. South Molton hundred contains fourteen parishes. Acres: 63.310. Population in 1851: 9,770; in 1861: 9,092. Houses: 1,844."

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

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Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Bishops Tawton parish (ancient), civil parish
Chittlehamholt chapelry, civil parish see Chittlehampton
Chittlehampton parish (ancient), civil parish
East Anstey parish (ancient), civil parish
Exmoor extra parochial area, civil parish in Somerset
George Nympton parish (ancient), civil parish
Knowstone parish (ancient), civil parish
Landkey chapelry, civil parish
Molland parish (ancient), civil parish
North Molton parish (ancient), civil parish
Satterleigh parish (ancient), civil parish combined with Warkleigh to form Satterleigh and Warkleigh in 1894
South Molton parish (ancient), civil parish
Swimbridge parish (ancient), civil parish
Twitchen chapelry, civil parish
Warkleigh parish (ancient), civil parish combined with Satterleigh to form Satterleigh and Warkleigh in 1894
West Anstey parish (ancient), civil parish