Place:Shebbear Hundred, Devon, England

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NameShebbear Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inDevon, England
Shebbear Hundred covered a number of parishes in northwest Devon in the vicinity of the town of Bideford. It is #23 on the map.

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

"SHEBBEAR, a village, a parish, a [registration] sub-district, and a hundred, in Devon. The hundred contains 26 parishes. Acres: 73,250. Population in 1851: 16,064; in 1861: 15,726." Houses: 3,194."

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

Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Abbotsham parish (ancient), civil parish
Alwington parish (ancient), civil parish
Beaford parish (ancient), civil parish
Bideford parish (ancient), civil parish
Buckland Brewer parish (ancient), civil parish
Buckland Filleigh parish (ancient), civil parish
Bulkworthy chapelry, civil parish
East Putford chapelry, civil parish
Frithelstock parish (ancient), civil parish
Huish parish (ancient), civil parish
Iddesleigh parish (ancient), civil parish
Landcross parish (ancient), civil parish
Langtree parish (ancient), civil parish
Little Torrington parish (ancient), civil parish
Littleham (near Bideford) parish (ancient), civil parish
Lundy Island parish (ancient), civil parish
Meeth parish (ancient), civil parish
Merton parish (ancient), civil parish
Monkleigh parish (ancient), civil parish
Newton St. Petrock parish (ancient), civil parish
Northam parish (ancient), civil parish
Parkham parish (ancient), civil parish
Peters Marland parish (ancient), civil parish
Petrockstowe parish (ancient), civil parish
Shebbear parish (ancient), civil parish
Sheepwash chapelry, civil parish
Weare Giffard parish (ancient), civil parish