Beaminster Forum and Redhone Hundred

Coordinates: 50°48′36″N 2°44′28″W / 50.810°N 2.741°W / 50.810; -2.741 Beaminster Forum & Redhone Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:

Beaminster
Bradpole
Chedington
Chardstock (transferred to Devon 1896)
Corscombe
Mapperton
Mosterton
Netherbury
North Poorton
South Perrott
Stoke Abbott
Toller Porcorum (part)
Wambrook (transferred to Somerset 1895)

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

Administrative history of Dorset

Boroughs Divisions Hundreds Liberties Poor law unions Sanitary districts

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