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Hundred of North Petherton at the time of Domesday, after a period of as a free manor Creech St Michael became part of Andersfield Hundred in 1569, while Lyng is also listed in Andersfield Hundred in
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Huntstile, for example, was partly in North Petherton Hundred and partly in Andersfield Hundred.
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England and Wales stated that the hundred had 1,047 houses and a population of 5,800 in 1831. By 1887 the Gazetteer of the British Isles showed that the population had increased to 7,476.
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Sydenham – all of which had been included at the time of the
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Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes)
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A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes)
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1534:Hundred of North Curry
1071:Place: North Petherton
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1579:Hundred of Tintinhull
1544:Norton Ferris Hundred
1514:Hundred of Kilmersdon
1494:Hundred of Horethorne
1489:Hundred of Hartcliffe
1449:Hundred of Carhampton
1444:Hundred of Cannington
1208:"Andersfield Hundred"
895:Huntspill and Puriton
327:Number of households
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1529:Hundred of Milverton
1519:Hundred of Kingsbury
1479:Glaston Twelve Hides
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1401:Ancient hundreds of
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1554:Hundred of Portbury
1509:Hundred of Keynsham
1419:Andersfield Hundred
978:Gathercole, Clare.
903:North Curry Hundred
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304:granted at fee farm
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1524:Hundred of Martock
1484:Hundred of Hampton
1464:Hundred of Chewton
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