Doddingtree
Doddingtree is a hundred in the north-west of Worcestershire, adjacent to Herefordshire and Shropshire. It is bounded by Shropshire to the north, by Halfshire hundred to the north-east; by Oswaldslow hundred to the east; by Pershore Hundred to the south-east; and by Herefordshire to the west. It is the least populous of the hundreds, with a population in 2011 of 25,467, rising slightly to 25,663 if detached parts are disregarded.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Abberley
- Acton Beauchamp
- Astley
- Bayton
- Bockleton*
- Clifton upon Teme
- Cotheridge
- Doddenham
- Eastham
- Edvin Loach†
- Great Kyre
- Great Witley
- Hanley William
- King's Arley
- Mamble
- Martley
- Ribbesford
- Rock
- Sapey Pritchard
- Shelsley Beauchamp
- Shelsley Walsh
- Shrawley
- Stanford
- Stockton on Teme
- Stoke Bliss (Kyre Parva hamlet)‡
- Suckley
- Tenbury
*: Extends into Herefordshire.
†: Detached in Herefordshire.
‡: Remainder in Herefordshire.
Additionally, the parish of Rochford forms a detached part of Herefordshire locally situated in the hundred.
| Hundreds of Worcestershire |
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Blackenhurst (including Evesham) • Doddingtree • Halfshire (including Droitwich) • Oswaldslow (including Worcester) • Pershore |