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'''Pershore Hundred''' is a hundred in the south-west of [[Worcestershire]].
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'''Pershore Hundred''' is a hundred in the south-west of [[Worcestershire]], adjacent to the borders with [[Gloucestershire]] and [[Herefordshire]]. It is bounded by [[Oswaldslow]] hundred to the east and north; by Gloucestershire to the south; and by Herefordshire to the west. It had a population in 2011 of 76,535, falling slightly to 76,049 if detached parts are disregarded.
  
 
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
 
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
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<sup>*</sup>: Census reports suggest that part of Alderminster is in Oswalslow.<br />
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<sup>*</sup>: Detached in Warwickshire. Census reports suggest that part is in Oswalslow hundred.<br />
 
<sup>†</sup>: Extends into Herefordshire.<br />
 
<sup>†</sup>: Extends into Herefordshire.<br />
 
<sup>‡</sup>: Remainder in Oswaldslow hundred.<br />
 
<sup>‡</sup>: Remainder in Oswaldslow hundred.<br />
  
 
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Revision as of 11:04, 3 April 2019

Pershore Hundred is a hundred in the south-west of Worcestershire, adjacent to the borders with Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. It is bounded by Oswaldslow hundred to the east and north; by Gloucestershire to the south; and by Herefordshire to the west. It had a population in 2011 of 76,535, falling slightly to 76,049 if detached parts are disregarded.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

*: Detached in Warwickshire. Census reports suggest that part is in Oswalslow hundred.
: Extends into Herefordshire.
: Remainder in Oswaldslow hundred.

Hundreds of Worcestershire

Blackenhurst (including Evesham) • Doddingtree • Halfshire (including Droitwich) • Oswaldslow (including Worcester) • Pershore