Godderthorne (hundred)
Encyclopedia
Godderthorne Hundred was a hundred in the county
of Dorset
, England, containing the following parishes:
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
of Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England, containing the following parishes:
- AllingtonAllington, DorsetAllington is a large village and civil parish in Dorset, England. The village has a population of 614 according to the 2001 Census.Allington Hill is an Iron Age hill fort risingto 90m above the village, now managed by the Woodland Trust...
- Shipton GorgeShipton GorgeShipton Gorge is a village in south west Dorset, England, three miles east of Bridport. The village has a population of 319 , 11% of dwellings are second home....
- WalditchWalditchWalditch is a small village in West Dorset, England. It is by the east of Bridport, a market town.Walditch has a Real tennis court, the site of which Henry VII of England played during his visits to the area....