Hemyock Hundred was the name of one of thirty two ancient administrative units of
Devon
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England
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The parishes in the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...
were:
Awliscombe
Awliscombe is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village is about two miles west of Honiton. The 2011 census showed a population of 500 for the parish, which is surrounded clockwise from the north by t ...
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Buckerell
Buckerell is a small village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The village is about 2.5 miles west of the nearest town, Honiton. In the 2001 census a population of 270 was recorded for the parish, which is surround ...
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Churchstanton
Churchstanton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated within the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the River Otter south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district.
The parish has a popul ...
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Clayhidon
Clayhidon () is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England. The parish church is St. Andrews. The parish is in the Blackdown Hills and its northern and eastern boundaries form part of the Devon – Somerset border. From the south-east it h ...
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Culmstock
Culmstock is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, England, centred 10 miles from Tiverton and 6 NE of Cullompton. It is laid out on both sides of the River Culm; the village is joined by a single old narrow stone bridge across the river. The ...
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Dunkeswell
Dunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located about north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,553, reducing to 1,361 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census. There is a ...
and
Hemyock
Hemyock () is a village and civil parish in Devon, England. It is about 8 miles north-west of Honiton and south of the Somerset town of Wellington. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,519. Hemyock is part of the electoral ward ...
See also
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List of hundreds of England and Wales - Devon
References
Hundreds of Devon
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