Place:Yetminster Hundred, Dorset, England

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NameYetminster Hundred
TypeHundred
Coordinates50.895°N 2.577°W
Located inDorset, England

Yetminster Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England.

A map of "the ancient county of Dorset in 1834, showing the Liberties, Hundreds and Boroughs" is to be found in Wikimedia. Unfortunately the print is too small to make it worthwhile reproducing the map here. Many of the hundreds had detached parts.

Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Batcombe ancient parish, civil parish
Chetnole chapelry, civil parish created from Yetminster in 1866
Clifton Maybank ancient parish, civil parish
Leigh tything, chapelry, civil parish created from Yetminster in 1866
Melbury Bubb ancient parish, civil parish
Melbury Osmond ancient parish, civil parish
Yetminster ancient parish, civil parish


From Wikipedia

"A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in England, Wales, South Australia and some parts of the United States, to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions; similar divisions were made in Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Norway."

Hundreds were replaced by Registration Districts or Poor Law Unions between 1837 and 1850, and then by Rural and Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs in 1894.