Place:Colyton Hundred, Devon, England

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NameColyton Hundred
TypeHundred
Located inDevon, England
See alsoEast Devon District, Devon, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
Colyton Hundred is located on the south coast of Devon, but had several inland parishes. The area is now in what is now the East Devon District. It is #7 on the map.

A Vision of Britain through Time gives some statistics about Colyton Hundred from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"[Colyton] hundred contains eleven parishes. Acres: 28,487. Population: 7,810. Houses: 1,630

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

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Parishes

Parish Description Notes
Beer parish (ancient), civil parish until 1866 and after 1894
Branscombe parish (ancient), civil parish
Colyton parish (ancient), civil parish
Cotleigh parish (ancient), civil parish
Farway parish (ancient), civil parish
Monkton parish (ancient), civil parish
Northleigh parish (ancient), civil parish also known as North Leigh
Offwell parish (ancient), civil parish
Seaton parish (ancient), civil parish until 1866 and after 1894
Seaton and Beer parish (ancient), civil parish Seaton and Beer were separate parishes before 1866 and after 1894.
Shute chapelry, civil parish
Southleigh parish (ancient), civil parish also known as South Leigh
Widworthy parish (ancient), civil parish