Pershore Hundred
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:
- Abberton
- Alderminster*
- Beoley
- Birlingham
- Birts Morton
- Broadway
- Broughton Hackett
- Bushley
- Castle Morton
- Chaseley
- Dormston
- Eckington
- Eldersfield
- Flyford Flavel
- Flyford Grafton
- Great Comberton
- Great Malvern with Newland
- Hanley Castle
- Leigh with Bransford
- Little Comberton
- Longdon
- Madresfield
- Martin Hussingtree
- Mathon†
- Naunton Beauchamp
- North Piddle
- Peopleton
- Pershore Holy Cross & St Andrew
- Pesford
- Pirton
- Powick
- Ripple (Queenhill hamlet)‡
- Severn Stoke
- Staunton
- Strensham
- Upton Snodsbury
- Upton upon Severn
*: Detached in Warwickshire. Census reports suggest that part is in Oswalslow hundred.
†: Extends into Herefordshire.
‡: Remainder in Oswaldslow hundred.
Hundreds of Worcestershire |
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Blackenhurst (including Evesham) • Doddingtree • Halfshire (including Droitwich) • Oswaldslow (including Worcester) • Pershore |