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The '''Hundred of Houndsborough''' is one of the 40 [[hundred]]s in [[Somerset]], dating from before the Norman conquest. It is also known as Houndsborough Barwick and Coker Hundred.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=21199|title=Houndsborough Barwick and Coker|work=A vision of Britain through time|publisher=University of Portsmouth | accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Houndsborough, Barwick and Coker Hundred - Somerset.svg|thumb|250px|Houndsborough, Barwick and Coker Hundred in Somerset]]
The '''Hundred of Houndsborough''' is one of the [[hundred]]s in [[Somerset]], dating from before the Norman conquest. It is also known as '''Houndsborough Barwick and Coker Hundred'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=21199|title=Houndsborough Barwick and Coker|work=A vision of Britain through time|publisher=University of Portsmouth | accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref>


There were 11 places listed at the time of the [[Domesday Book]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/hundred/houndsborough/|title=Hundred:Houndsborough|publisher=Open Domesday|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref> however at the time the hundreds were called Hundesbera and Licget or Liet. It was also called Coker Hundred at a later time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edocs.hull.ac.uk/muradora/objectView!getDataStreamContent.action?pid=hull:518&dsid=externalDatastream__0.6943890975644409&mimeType=application/rtf | title=Somerset Introduction | publisher=University of Hull | format=Word | accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref>
There were 11 places listed at the time of the [[Domesday Book]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/hundred/houndsborough/|title=Hundred:Houndsborough|publisher=Open Domesday|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref> however at the time the hundreds were called Hundesbera and Licget or Liet. It was also called Coker Hundred at a later time.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edocs.hull.ac.uk/muradora/objectView!getDataStreamContent.action?pid=hull:518&dsid=externalDatastream__0.6943890975644409&mimeType=application/rtf | title=Somerset Introduction | publisher=University of Hull | format=Word | accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref>

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Houndsborough, Barwick and Coker Hundred in Somerset

The Hundred of Houndsborough is one of the hundreds in Somerset, dating from before the Norman conquest. It is also known as Houndsborough Barwick and Coker Hundred.[1]

There were 11 places listed at the time of the Domesday Book,[2] however at the time the hundreds were called Hundesbera and Licget or Liet. It was also called Coker Hundred at a later time.[3]

It consists of the ancient parishes of:

References

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