Bradford Hundred

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Bradford Hundred in Wiltshire

Bradford Hundred is one of the hundreds of Wiltshire, named after the town of Bradford-on-Avon, which it contains. It is situated in the west of the county, adjacent to the border with Somerset. It is bounded to the north by Chippenham Hundred; to the east by Melksham Hundred; to the south by Whorwelsdown hundred; and to the west by Somerset. The parish of Westwood forms a detached part of Elstub and Everley within Bradford Hundred. It had a population of 18,783 in 2011.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

Hundreds of Wiltshire

Alderbury • Amesbury • Bradford • Branch and Dole • Calne • Cawden and Cadworth • Chalk • Chippenham • Downton • Dunworth • Elstub and Everley • Frustfield • Heytesbury • Highworth, Cricklade and Staple • Kingsbridge • Kinwardstone • Malmesbury • Melksham • Mere • North Damerham • Potterne and Cannings • Ramsbury • Selkley • South Damerham • Swanborough • Underditch (including Salisbury) • Warminster • Westbury • Whorwelsdown