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The Hundreds of Gloucestershire, as with hundreds in other English counties, were the original geographic divisions of the county for administrative, military and judicial purposes. Each hundred covered a number of parishes. The introduction of civil registration in 1837 was accompanied by the creation of other groups of parishes such as Sanitary Districts and Poor Law Unions.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Westminster Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "WESTMINSTER, a hundred in the NE of Gloucester; containing 6 parishes and 6 parts; and cut into two divisions, lower and upper. Acres: 5,383 and 3,377. Population in 1861: 2,924. Houses: 656. "
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Parishes
| Parish | Description | Notes
| | Boddington | chapelry, civil parish | also in Tewkesbury Hundred
| | Bourton on the Hill | parish (ancient), civil parish | also in Tewkesbury Hundred
| | Corse | parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Deerhurst | parish (ancient), civil parish | also in Deerhurst Hundred
| | Elmstone Hardwicke | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | also in Deerhurst Hundred
| | Hasfield | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish |
| | Leigh | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | also in Deerhurst Hundred
| | Moreton in Marsh | chapelry, civil parish | also in Deerhurst Hundred
| | Sutton under Brailes | parish (ancient), civil parish | in Gloucestershire until 1844, now in Warwickshire
| | Tirley | chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish | also in Deerhurst Hundred
| | Todenham | parish (ancient), civil parish |
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Research Tips
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Online sources which may also be helpful:
- The Victoria History of Gloucestershire from the website British History Online. The history of the the upper divisions of Tewkesbury and Westminster hundreds, all in the eastern part of the county.
- The Victoria History of Gloucestershire from the website British History Online. Histories of the parishes of the lower divisions of the hundreds of Tewkesbury and Westminster.
- GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
- A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Respect the copyright on this material.
- The FamilySearch Wiki for Gloucestershire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
- A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
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