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The '''Hundred of Whitstone''' is one of the 40 [[hundred]]s in [[Somerset]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Whitstone Somerset|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=20638|work=A vision of Britain through time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> dating from before the Norman conquest.
[[File:Whitstone Hundred - Somerset.svg|thumb|250px|Whitstone Hundred in Somerset]]
The '''Hundred of Whitstone''' is one of the [[hundred]]s in [[Somerset]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Whitstone Somerset|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=20638|work=A vision of Britain through time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> dating from before the Norman conquest.


It consists of the ancient parishes of:
It consists of the ancient parishes of:

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Whitstone Hundred in Somerset

The Hundred of Whitstone is one of the hundreds in Somerset,[1] dating from before the Norman conquest.

It consists of the ancient parishes of:

The hundred courts were held at Cannard's Grave, a short distance to the south of the town of Shepton Mallet.[2][3]

References

  1. "Whitstone Somerset". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=20638. Retrieved 22 October 2011. 
  2. Farbrother, John E. (1872). Shepton Mallet: Notes on its History, Ancient, Descriptive and Natural (Memorial Edition). Bridgwater: Reprinted by Somerset County Library 1977. pp. 31–32. ISBN 0-9503615-3-4. 
  3. Davis, Fred; Blandford, Alan; Beckerleg, Lewis (1977). The Shepton Mallet Story (2nd Ed). Oakhill, Somerset: The Shepton Mallet Society. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-9500568-1-4. 
Hundreds of Somerset

Abdick and Bulstone • Andersfield • Bath Forum (inc. Hampton & Claverton liberty) • Bempstone • Brent-cum-Wrington • Bruton • Cannington • Carhampton • Catsash • Chew • Chewton • Crewkerne • Frome • Glaston Twelve Hides • Hartcliffe • Horethorne • Houndsborough • Huntspill and Puriton • Keynsham • Kilmersdon (inc. Mells & Leigh liberty) • Kingsbury • Martock • Milverton • North Curry • North Petherton • Norton Ferris • Pitney • Portbury • Somerton • South Petherton • Stone • Taunton Deane • Tintinhull • Wellow • Wells Forum • Whitley • Whitstone • Williton and Freemanners • Winterstoke