Shebbear Hundred Ancient administrative unit of Devon, England
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]
Devon 1832 map with Hundred subdivision 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 and
Weare Giffard
[ 1]
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 .
