Whorwelsdown

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Whorwelsdown Hundred in Wiltshire

Whorwelsdown is one of the hundreds of Wiltshire, situated in the west of the county, adjacent to the border with Somerset. It is bounded to the north-west by Bradford Hundred; to the north and east by Melksham Hundred; to the south-east by Heytesbury Hundred; to the south by Westbury Hundred; and to the west by Somerset. It had a total population of 11,157 in 2011.

It comprises the ancient parishes of:

*: In Melksham hundred.

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