Whitstone Hundred

Whitstone was an ancient hundred of Gloucestershire, England. From the 13th century it comprised two adjacent divisions, which included the ancient parishes of:

Lower Division
Upper Division
This article is about the hundred in Gloucestershire. For the hundred in Somerset, see Hundred of Whitstone.

Gloucestershire Hundreds in 1832

The hundred existed at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, but covering a smaller area. By 1220 the adjacent Blacklow hundred had been absorbed. Blachelaue in the Domesday Book contained the parishes of Alkerton (now Eastington), Frampton (-on-Severn), Frocester, (Kings) Stanley, (Leonard) Stanley, Stonehouse, Wheatenhurst, and Fretherne.[1]

The ancient meeting place of the hundred was probably at Whitestones Field in the parish of Hardwicke, although meetings were later held at Quedgeley, Stonehouse, Wheatenhurst and Frampton.[2]

References
  1. Open Domesday Online: Blachelaue (Blacklow) Hundred, accessed June 2017
  2. C R Elrington, N M Herbert, R B Pugh (Editors), Kathleen Morgan, Brian S Smith (1972). "The Hundred of Whitstone". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 9 July 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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