Winterstoke Hundred

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Winterstoke Hundred in Somerset
A map of the Winterstoke Hundred in 1645

The Hundred of Winterstoke is one of the 40 hundreds in Somerset, dating from before the Norman conquest.

It consists of the ancient parishes of:

It also included the extra parochial area of Charterhouse-on-Mendip.[1]

The hundred court met at Banwell. An 18th-century antiquarian, Collinson, claimed that the name of the hundred came from a lost village called Winterstoke at a place in Banwell parish called Winthill.[2] The name is proposed to be revived for a new housing development, Winterstoke Village, to be sited on the former Weston Airfield.[3]

In the Domesday Book the hundred also included Kingston Seymour (later in Chewton Hundred).[4]

Lord Winterstoke (1830-1911) took his title from the hundred when he was raised to the peerage in 1906. His name is borne by Winterstoke Roads in south Bristol and Weston-super-Mare (probably named after the person rather directly after the hundred).

References

Hundreds of Somerset

Abdick and Bulstone • Andersfield • Bath Forum (inc. Hampton & Claverton liberty) • Bempstone • Brent-cum-Wrington • Bruton • Cannington • Carhampton • Catsash • Chew • Chewton • Crewkerne • Frome • Glaston Twelve Hides • Hartcliffe • Horethorne • Houndsborough • Huntspill and Puriton • Keynsham • Kilmersdon (inc. Mells & Leigh liberty) • Kingsbury • Martock • Milverton • North Curry • North Petherton • Norton Ferris • Pitney • Portbury • Somerton • South Petherton • Stone • Taunton Deane • Tintinhull • Wellow • Wells Forum • Whitley • Whitstone • Williton and Freemanners • Winterstoke