Wigmore Hundred

Wigmore Hundred in Herefordshire

Wigmore is a hundred in the south of Herefordshire, in the north-west of the county, adjacent to the borders with Radnorshire and Shropshire. It is bounded by Shropshire to the north; by Wolphy to the east; by Stretford Hundred to the south; and by Radnorshire to the west. It had a population in 2011 of 3,582, falling slightly to 3,576 if detached parts are disregarded.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

• Aston
• Aymestrey (part)^*
• Brampton Bryan (part)^†
• Bucknell (Buxton & Coxhall township)^‡
• Burrington
• Byton
• Downton
• Elton
• Kinsham
• Leinthall Starkes
• Leintwardine (except Heath and Jay)^‡
• Lingen
• Old Radnor (Lower Harpton township)^§
• Presteigne (part)^‖
• Staunton-on-Arrow (part)^¶
• Titley
• Wigmore

^*: Covenhope and Over Lye townships in Stretford hundred.
^†: Stanage township in Radnorshire.
^‡: Remainder in Shropshire.
^§: Mostly in Radnorshire.
^‖: Townships of Combe; Kinsham; Litton and Cascob; Rodd, Nash and Little Brampton; Stapleton; and Willey. Remainder in Radnorshire.
^¶: Partly in Stretford hundred.