Shebbear Hundred Explained

Shebbear Hundred was the name of one of the thirty-two 19th century hundreds of Devon, England.[1]

The hundred of Shebbear was organized by the 13th century with many of the parishes of the ancient Domesday hundred of Merton.[2]

The civil parishes in the hundred of Shebbear were:Abbotsham,Alwington,Beaford,Bideford,Buckland Brewer,Buckland Filleigh,Bulkworthy,East Putford,Frithelstock,Huish,Iddesleigh,Landcross,Langtree,Little Torrington,Littleham (near Bideford),Meeth,Merton,Monkleigh,Newton St Petrock,Northam,Parkham,Peters Marland,Petrockstowe,Shebbear,Sheepwash andWeare Giffard

The island of Lundy, in the northwest of the county, also belongs to Shebbear Hundred, but it is not a civil parish as it formerly was, but an unparished area.

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  1. Web site: THE HUNDREDS OF DEVON. GENUKI . 2018-04-08.
  2. https://opendomesday.org/hundred/merton/ Open Domesday: Merton Hundred