Kington Hundred
Kington Hundred is one of the hundreds of Warwickshire, in the south of the county. It is bounded to the south-east by Oxfordshire; to the south-west by Gloucestershire; to the north-west by Barlichway hundred; to the north-east by Knightlow hundred. There are also borders with Worcestershire to the south-west and Northamptonshire to the north-east. It is the least populous of the hundreds, with a population in 2011 of 76,008, rising to 83,306 if detached parts are disregarded.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Atherstone upon Stour
- Avon Dassett
- Barcheston with Willington
- Barford
- Barton on the Heath
- Bishop's Tachbrook (part)*
- Brailes
- Burmington
- Burton Dassett
- Butlers Marston
- Chadshunt
- Charlcote
- Cherington
- Chesterton
- Compton Wyniates
- Compton Verney (ex. par.)
- Cropredy (Mollington, part)†
- Ettington
- Farnborough
- Fenny Compton
- Gaydon
- Great Wolford
- Halford
- Honington
- Idlicote
- Ilmington (except Lark Stoke)‡
- Kineton
- Lapworth
- Lighthorne
- Long Compton
- Lower Shuckburgh
- Morton Morrell
- Newbold Pacey
- Oxhill
- Packwood
- Pillerton Hersey
- Pillerton Priors
- Priors Hardwick
- Priors Marston
- Radway
- Ratley and Upton
- Shotteswell
- Stretton-on-Fosse
- Tanworth
- Tysoe with Westcote
- Warmington and Arlescote
- Wasperton
- Warwick St Mary & St Nicholas
- Wellesbourne Hastings with Wellesbourne Mountford
- Whatcott
- Whichford
- Whitchurch
- Wormleighton
*: Tachbrook Mallory township in Knightlow hundred.
†: Extends into Oxfordshire.
‡: In Gloucestershire.
Additionally, the ancient parishes of Alderminster, Shipston on Stour, Tredington and Tidmington (Worcs.); and Little Compton and Sutton under Brailes (Glos.) are locally situated in Kington hundred.
| Hundreds of Warwickshire |
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Barlichway • Hemlingford (including Birmingham) • Kington (including Warwick) • Knightlow (including Coventry) |