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[[File:Oswaldslowe Hundred - Worcestershire.svg|thumb|250px|Oswaldslow Hundred in Worcestershire]] | |||
'''Oswaldslow''' is a hundred of [[Worcestershire]], occupying much of its central part, with detached parts to be found in all four corners of the county. It is the second-most populous of the hundreds, with a population in 2011 of 185,576, falling to 176,577 if detached parts are disregarded. | '''Oswaldslow''' is a hundred of [[Worcestershire]], occupying much of its central part, with detached parts to be found in all four corners of the county. It is the second-most populous of the hundreds, with a population in 2011 of 185,576, falling to 176,577 if detached parts are disregarded. | ||
Revision as of 08:04, 16 April 2019
Oswaldslow is a hundred of Worcestershire, occupying much of its central part, with detached parts to be found in all four corners of the county. It is the second-most populous of the hundreds, with a population in 2011 of 185,576, falling to 176,577 if detached parts are disregarded.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Alvechurch
- Berrow
- Bishampton
- Blockley
- Bredicot
- Bredon
- Bredwardine St John & St Michael
- Broadwas
- Churchill
- Claines
- Cleeve Prior
- Croom D'Abitot
- Cropthorn
- Crowle*
- Daylesford
- Earls Croom
- Elmley Castle
- Evenlode
- Fladbury
- Grimley
- Hallow
- Hanbury
- Hartlebury (part)†
- Harvington
- Hill Croom
- Himbleton
- Hinlip
- Holt
- Huddington
- Icomb (part)‡
- Inkberrow
- Kempsey
- Knightwick
- Lindridge
- Little Malvern
- Norton by Kemsey
- Oddingley
- Ombersley
- Overbury
- Pendock
- Redmarley D'Abitot
- Ripple (part)§
- Rouse Lench
- Sedgeberrow
- Shell (ex. par.)
- Shipston upon Stour
- Spetchley
- Stoke Prior
- Stoulton
- Tibberton
- Tidmington
- Tredington
- Warndon
- Welland
- White Lady Aston
- Wichenford
- Wolverley*
- Worcester St Clement, St Martin & St Peter
*: Census reports suggest that these parishes extend into Halfshire, but later parish lists do not[1][2].
†: Upper Milton hamlet in Halfshire.
‡: Extends into Gloucestershire.
§: Queenhill chapelry in Pershore hundred
References
- ↑ "Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 49, Part 2 (Crowle)". 1862. p. 303. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=odsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA303.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 49, Part 2 (Wolverley)". 1862. p. 589. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=odsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA589.
| Hundreds of Worcestershire |
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Blackenhurst (including Evesham) • Doddingtree • Halfshire (including Droitwich) • Oswaldslow (including Worcester) • Pershore |