Pershore Hundred

Pershore Hundred in Worcestershire

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.