Place:Braunton Hundred, Devon, England

Watchers
NameBraunton Hundred
TypeHundred
Coordinates51.11°N 4.16°W
Located inDevon, England
See alsoNorth Devon District, Devon, Englandmodern district that has covered the area since 1974
Braunton Hundred was on the north coast of Devon and contained the town of Barnstaple. It is #4 on the map. South of Barnstaple the hundred was Fremington.

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

"BRAUNTON, a village, a parish, a [registration] subdistrict, and a hundred in Devon. ....
"The hundred contains twenty parishes. Acres: 71,452. Population: 14,786. Houses: 3,108.

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

Image:Devon hundreds with towns.png

Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Ashford parish (ancient), civil parish
Barnstaple parish (ancient), civil parish
Berrynarbor parish (ancient), civil parish
Bittadon parish (ancient), civil parish
Bratton Fleming parish (ancient), civil parish
Braunton parish (ancient), civil parish
Combe Martin parish (ancient), civil parish
East Buckland parish (ancient), civil parish
East Down parish (ancient), civil parish
Filleigh parish (ancient), civil parish
Georgeham parish (ancient), civil parish
Goodleigh parish (ancient), civil parish
Heanton Punchardon parish (ancient), civil parish
Ilfracombe parish (ancient), civil parish
Kentisbury parish (ancient), civil parish
Marwood parish (ancient), civil parish
Mortehoe parish (ancient), civil parish
Pilton parish (ancient), civil parish
Trentishoe parish (ancient), civil parish
West Buckland parish (ancient), civil parish
West Down parish (ancient), civil parish