Witheridge Hundred was the name of one of thirty two ancient administrative units of

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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: Bishops Nympton, Cheldon,

Chulmleigh Chulmleigh ( ) is a small Saxon hilltop market town and civil parish located in North Devon in the heart of the English county of Devon. It is located north west of Exeter, just north of the Mid Devon boundary, linked by the A377 and B ...

, Creacombe, Cruwys Morchard,

East Worlington East Worlington is a civil parish and hamlet in the North Devon administrative area, in the English county of Devon, England. In 2001, the village had 241 inhabitants, 173 in 1901 and 194 in 1801. The civil parish also includes the smaller We ...

, Highley St Mary,

Kings Nympton King's Nympton (Latinised to ''Nymet Regis'') is a village, parish and former manor in North Devon, England in the heart of the rolling countryside between Exmoor and Dartmoor, some 4½ miles () S.S.W. of South Molton and N. of Chulmleigh. The ...

, Mariansleigh,

Meshaw Meshaw is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is South Molton, which lies approximately north-west from the village. The village lies just off the B3137 road. Meshaw also lies on the same B ...

, Oakford, Puddington, Rackenford,

Romansleigh Romansleigh is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. It is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Mariansleigh, Meshaw, Chulmleigh, and King's Nympton King's Nympton (Latinised to ''Nymet Re ...

, Rose Ash, Stoodleigh, Templeton, Thelbridge,

Washford Pyne Washford Pyne is a village and civil parish in Devon, England. It is 7 miles NE of Morchard Road railway station and 8 N by W of Crediton Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon in England. It stands on the ...

West Worlington West Worlington is a small village and former civil and ecclesiastical parish, now in the civil parish of East Worlington, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated about 2 miles west of Witheridge. In 1881 the ...

, Witheridge and Woolfardisworthy (East)

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Hundreds of Devon {{Devon-geo-stub

See also

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