Place:Black Torrington Hundred, Devon, England

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NameBlack Torrington Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inDevon, England
Black Torrington is a large area close to the northwest corner of Devon and the border of Cornwall. It is #3 on the map.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Black Torrington Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1871-72:

"TORRINGTON (Black), a village, a parish, a [registration] sub-district, and a hundred, in Devon. ...The hundred contains 34 parishes and 3 parts. Acres: 145,202. Population in 1851: 19,912; in 1861: 18,295. Houses: 3,660.

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

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Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Abbots Bickington ancient parish, civil parish
Ashbury ancient parish, civil parish
Ashwater ancient parish, civil parish
Beaworthy ancient parish, civil parish
Belstone ancient parish, civil parish
Black Torrington ancient parish, civil parish
Boyton chapelry, ancient parish, civil parish mostly in Cornwall
Bradford ancient parish, civil parish
Bradworthy ancient parish, civil parish
Bridgerule ancient parish, civil parish divided into Bridgerule East and Bridgerule West for part of its history
Bridgerule East civil parish a separate civil parish 1866-1950
Bridgerule West civil parish in Cornwall until 1844 as part of Bridgerule, a separate civil parish in Devon 1866-1950
Broadwood Kelly ancient parish, civil parish
Clawton ancient parish, civil parish
Cookbury chapelry, civil parish
Exbourne ancient parish, civil parish
Halwill ancient parish, civil parish
Hatherleigh ancient parish, civil parish
Highampton ancient parish, civil parish
Hollacombe ancient parish, civil parish
Holsworthy ancient parish, civil parish urban district 1894-1974
Honeychurch ancient parish, civil parish merged into Sampford Courtenay parish in 1894
Inwardleigh ancient parish, civil parish
Jacobstowe ancient parish, civil parish
Luffincott ancient parish, civil parish
Milton Damerel ancient parish, civil parish
Monkokehampton ancient parish, civil parish also known as Monk Okehampton
North Petherwin ancient parish, civil parish in Cornwall prior to 1844 and after 1966
Northcott hamlet, civil parishin Cornwall prior to 1844 and after 1966
Northlew ancient parish, civil parish
Okehampton ancient parish, civil parish

municipal borough 1888-1974

Pancrasweek ancient parish, civil parish
Pyworthy ancient parish, civil parish
Sampford Courtenay ancient parish, civil parish
St. Giles on the Heath ancient parish, civil parish
Sutcombe ancient parish, civil parish
Tetcott ancient parish, civil parish
Thornbury ancient parish, civil parish
Werrington ancient parish, civil parish in Cornwall prior to 1844 and after 1966
West Putford ancient parish, civil parish