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| 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.
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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 |
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