Eggerton Hundred Explained

50.7129°N -2.5414°WEggerton Hundred or Eggardon Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:

• Askerswell
• Hooke
• Long Bredy
• Powerstock (part)
• Winterbourne Abbas
• Wraxall

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