Whiteway (hundred)
Encyclopedia
Whiteway Hundred was a hundred
in the English
county
of Dorset
, containing the following parishes:
Hundred (division)
A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in England, Wales, Denmark, South Australia, some parts of the United States, Germany , Sweden, Finland and Norway, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions...
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county
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...
, containing the following parishes:
- CheselbourneCheselbourneCheselbourne is a village in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Downs, seven miles north east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 301 . The village also benefits from a local public house called the Rivers Arms.- External links :*...
- HiltonHilton, DorsetHilton is a village in north Dorset, England. It lies at an altitude of 135 metres in a small valley in the eastern part of the Dorset Downs. The summit of Bulbarrow Hill is 1.5 miles north of the village. The nearest town is Blandford Forum, which lies 8 miles east-north-east...
- IbbertonIbbertonIbberton is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs hills, five miles south of Sturminster Newton and seven miles west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 134 ....
- Melcombe HorseyMelcombe HorseyMelcombe Horsey is a village in west Dorset, England. The village has a population of 141 .Bingham's Melcombe is a medieval house nearby. It takes its name from Robert Bingham who acquired the property through marriage in the 13th Century. It remained in the Bingham family until 1895.The house...
- Milton AbbasMilton AbbasMilton Abbas is a village in Dorset in the south-west of England, approximately seven miles south-west of the market town of Blandford Forum and 11 miles north-east of Dorchester. The village has a population of 766...
- Stoke WakeStoke WakeStoke Wake is a very small hamlet, originally part of the Whiteway hundred in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Bulbarrow Hill west of Blandford Forum....
- WoollandWoollandWoolland is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Bulbarrow Hill seven miles west of Blandford Forum. The village has a population of 76 . The village is first mentioned in Cartularium saxonicum from the year 939 Wonlond, the Domesday Book from the year 1086...