Place:Wimborne St. Giles Hundred, Dorset, England

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NameWimborne St. Giles Hundred
TypeHundred
Coordinates50.918°N 1.951°W
Located inDorset, England

Wimborne St. Giles 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
Broadwey ancient parish, civil parish
Preston ancient parish, civil parish
Radipole ancient parish, civil parish
Upwey ancient parish, civil parish
Wimborne All Saints ancient parish, civil parish absorbed into Wimborne St. Giles 1732
Wimborne St Giles ancient parish, civil parish
Wyke Regis ancient parish, civil parish
Woodyates extra parochial area, civil parish created a parish in 1858


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.