Difference between revisions of "Halfshire"
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*[[Dodderhill]] | *[[Dodderhill]] | ||
*[[Doverdale]] | *[[Doverdale]] | ||
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*[[Dudley]] | *[[Dudley]] | ||
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*[[Kidderminster]] | *[[Kidderminster]] | ||
*[[King's Norton]] | *[[King's Norton]] | ||
| − | *[[Kington]] | + | *[[Kington, Worcestershire|Kington]] |
*[[Northfield]] | *[[Northfield]] | ||
*[[Old Swinford]] (part)<sup>‡</sup> | *[[Old Swinford]] (part)<sup>‡</sup> | ||
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*[[Rushock]] | *[[Rushock]] | ||
*[[Salwarpe]] | *[[Salwarpe]] | ||
| − | *[[Stone]] | + | *[[Stone, Worcestershire|Stone]] |
*[[Tardebigge]] (part)<sup>§</sup> | *[[Tardebigge]] (part)<sup>§</sup> | ||
*[[Upton Warren]] | *[[Upton Warren]] | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 2 April 2019
Halfshire is a hundred in the north of Worcestershire adjacent to Staffordshire and Warwickshire. The north of the hundred forms a large part of the Birmingham and west Midlands conurbation. Stretching from Stourbridge in the west to Yardley in the east, it includes the detached part of Worcestershire containing Dudley.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Belbroughton
- Bromsgrove
- Chaddesley Corbett
- Church Lench (part)*
- Churchill
- Coston or Corstone Hackett
- Dodderhill
- Doverdale
- Droitwich St Andrew, St Nicholas & St Peter
- Dudley
- Elmley Lovett
- Feckenham
- Frankley
- Grafton Manor (ex. par.)
- Hadsor
- Hagley
- Halesowen (Cradley, Luttley, Warley Wigorn)†
- Hampton Lovett
- Hartlebury
- Kidderminster
- King's Norton
- Kington
- Northfield
- Old Swinford (part)‡
- Pedmore
- Rushock
- Salwarpe
- Stone
- Tardebigge (part)§
- Upton Warren
- Westwood Park (ex. par.)
- Yardley
*: Atch Lench and Sheriff's Lench in Blackenhurst hundred.
†: Remainder in detached part of Shropshire.
‡: Extends into Staffordshire.
§: Extends into Warwickshire
| Hundreds of Worcestershire |
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Blackenhurst (including Evesham) • Doddingtree • Halfshire (including Droitwich) • Oswaldslow (including Worcester) • Pershore |
