St George's Hundred, Dorset

Coordinates: 50°44′06″N 2°28′05″W / 50.735°N 2.468°W / 50.735; -2.468 St George's Hundred, later often George Hundred, was a hundred (administrative division) in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:

Bradford Peverell
Broadmayne
Charminster
Frome Whitfield (absorbed by Dorchester Holy Trinity in 1610)
Stinsford
Stratton
Winterborne St Martin

See also

List of hundreds in Dorset

Sources

Boswell, Edward, 1833: The Civil Division of the County of Dorset (published on CD by Archive CD Books Ltd, 1992)
Hutchins, John, History of Dorset, vols 1-4 (3rd ed 1861-70; reprinted by EP Publishing, Wakefield, 1973)
Mills, A. D., 1977, 1980, 1989: Place Names of Dorset, parts 1-3. English Place Name Society: Survey of English Place Names vols LII, LIII and 59/60

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