Eggerton Hundred or Eggardon Hundred was a
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
in the
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
of
Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...
, England, containing the following parishes:
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Askerswell
Askerswell () is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies west of the county town Dorchester. The parish has an area of and in the northeast includes the we ...
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Hooke Hooke may refer to:
* Hooke, Dorset, England
** River Hooke, nearby watercourse
** Hooke Court, former manor house at Hooke
** Hooke Park, Woodland to south west of Hooke
* Robert Hooke (1635–1703), English natural philosopher who discovered Hook ...
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Long Bredy
Long Bredy is a village in the civil parish of Long Bredy and Kingston Russell, in the county of Dorset in south-west England, situated approximately west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in the valley of the small River Bride, benea ...
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Powerstock (part)
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Winterbourne Abbas
Winterbourne Abbas is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road west of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 355.
History
In the early hours of 6 May 2023, a la ...
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Wraxall
See also
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List of hundreds in Dorset
This is a list of Hundred (division), hundreds in the county of Dorset, England. Between the Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon period and the Local Government Act 1888, the county of Dorset was divided into Hundred (division), hundreds and boroug ...
Sources
*Boswell, Edward, 1833: ''The Civil Division of the County of Dorset'' (published on CD by Archive CD Books Ltd, 1992)
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Hutchins, John, ''History of Dorset'', vols 1-4 (3rd ed 1861–70; reprinted by EP Publishing, Wakefield, 1973)
*Mills, A. D., 1977, 1980, 1989: ''Place Names of Dorset'', parts 1–3. English Place Name Society: Survey of English Place Names vols LII, LIII and 59/60
Hundreds of Dorset
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