Place:Uggscombe Hundred, Dorset, England

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NameUggscombe Hundred
Alt namesUggescombe Hundredsource: Wikipedia
TypeHundred
Coordinates50.6414°N 2.5462°W
Located inDorset, England

Uggscombe Hundred or Uggescombe 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
Abbotsbury ancient parish, civil parish
Chilcombe ancient parish, civil parish
Dorchester All Saints ancient parish, civil parish became part of Dorchester Municipal Borough in 1927
Dorchester Holy Trinity ancient parish, civil parish including Frome Whitfield from 1610
Dorchester St Peter ancient parish, civil parish became part of Dorchester Municipal Borough in 1927
Fleet ancient parish, civil parish
Hawkchurch ancient parish, civil parish
Kingston Russell hamlet, tything, civil parish
Langton Herring ancient parish, civil parish
Littlebredy ancient parish, civil parish
Litton Cheney ancient parish, civil parish
Portesham ancient parish, civil parish
Puncknowle ancient parish, civil parish
Swyre ancient parish, civil parish
Weymouth chapelry, civil parish part of Wyke Regis; a borough from 1252
Winterborne Steepleton 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.