Heytesbury Hundred

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Heytesbury Hundred in Wiltshire

Heytesbury Hundred is one of the hundreds of Wiltshire, situated in the south-west of the county, adjacent to the border with Somerset. It is bounded to the north by Melksham, Swanborough and Potterne and Cannings; to the east by Branch and Dole; to the south-east and west by Warminster Hundred; to the south by part of Elstub and Everley, Branch and Dole, Dunworth, South Damerham and Mere Hundreds; and to the west by Somerset. It had a total population of 2,902 in 2011.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

*: Northern part reckoned in Swanborough.

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