Place:West Budleigh Hundred, Devon, England

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NameWest Budleigh Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inDevon, England
West Budleigh Hundred was a small hundred, approximately 8 miles north to south and 4 miles east to west, located to the north and northeast of Crediton. It is #30 on the map.

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

"BUDLEIGH (West), a hundred in Devon. It contains Cheriton Fitzpaine parish, and six other parishes. Acres: 17,367. Population: 2,921. Houses: 619."

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

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Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Cheriton Fitzpaine parish (ancient), civil parish
Poughill parish (ancient), civil parish
Shobrooke parish (ancient), civil parish
Stockleigh English parish (ancient), civil parish
Stockleigh Pomeroy parish (ancient), civil parish
Upton Hellions parish (ancient), civil parish
Washfield parish (ancient), civil parish