Badbury Hundred Explained

Badbury Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, which took its name from the earthwork of Badbury Rings. It contained the following parishes:

• Chalbury
• Gussage St Michael
• Hinton Martell
• Hinton Parva
• Horton
• Moor Crichel
• Shapwick
• Tarrant Crawford
• Wimborne Minster

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