Sixpenny Handley Hundred

Coordinates: 50°57′N 2°0′W / 50.950°N 2.000°W Sixpenny Handley Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England. It originally consisted of two distinct hundreds: Sexpena and Hanlega.^[1] Sometime around the 14th century, the two hundreds were united as the hundred of "Sexpenne et Henle".^[1] Sixpenny Handley Hundred contained the following parishes:

• Cann
• Compton Abbas
• East Orchard
• Fontmell Magna
• Iwerne Minster
• Melbury Abbas
• Sixpenny Handley (originally known as just Handley)^[1]
• West Orchard

References

1. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of England, (1975), An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset: East, page 64

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