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295:"Administrative Units Typology | Status definition: Hundred"
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239:. It covered an area of 36,690 acres (14,850 ha).
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477:. Kingsbury Episcopi. Archived from
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661:Hundred of Huntspill and Puriton
453:A vision of Britain through time
269:in 1867 and the introduction of
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571:Hundred of Abdick and Bulstone
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591:Hundred of Brent-cum-Wrington
36:36,690 acres (14,850 ha)
160:is one of the 40 historical
317:"The Shire and the Hundred"
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721:Hundred of South Petherton
696:Hundred of North Petherton
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731:Hundred of Taunton Deane
656:Hundred of Houndsborough
449:"East Kingsbury Hundred"
321:Somerset County Council
766:Hundred of Winterstoke
691:Hundred of North Curry
736:Hundred of Tintinhull
701:Norton Ferris Hundred
671:Hundred of Kilmersdon
651:Hundred of Horethorne
646:Hundred of Hartcliffe
606:Hundred of Carhampton
601:Hundred of Cannington
787:Hundreds of Somerset
756:Hundred of Whitstone
686:Hundred of Milverton
676:Hundred of Kingsbury
636:Glaston Twelve Hides
626:Hundred of Crewkerne
586:Hundred of Bempstone
558:Ancient hundreds of
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381:. University of Hull
158:Hundred of Kingsbury
716:Hundred of Somerton
711:Hundred of Portbury
666:Hundred of Keynsham
576:Andersfield Hundred
429:on 27 February 2015
401:"Somerset Hundreds"
297:. Vision of Britain
751:Hundred of Whitley
681:Hundred of Martock
641:Hundred of Hampton
621:Hundred of Chewton
611:Hundred of Catsash
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82:Subdivisions
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746:Wells Forum
193:Cingesberia
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178:Anglo-Saxon
176:during the
581:Bath Forum
516:15 October
485:16 October
459:16 October
433:16 October
407:15 October
376:"Somerset"
357:15 October
331:13 October
301:31 January
281:References
233:Wellington
217:Ash Priors
186:King Edgar
141:Wellington
125:Ash Priors
475:"History"
347:"Summary"
271:districts
781:Category
560:Somerset
403:. GENUKI
385:11 April
225:Fitzhead
170:Somerset
162:Hundreds
133:Fitzhead
94:Parishes
273:by the
246:to the
213:Winsham
164:in the
121:Winsham
49:Hundred
261:, and
235:, and
143:, and
45:Status
379:(RTF)
201:Combe
197:Chard
109:Combe
105:Chard
518:2011
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461:2011
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387:2017
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