Uggescombe Hundred

Coordinates: 50°38′29″N 2°32′46″W / 50.6414°N 2.5462°W / 50.6414; -2.5462 Uggescombe Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:

Abbotsbury
Chilcombe
Fleet
Hawkchurch (part)
Kingston Russell
Langton Herring
Littlebredy
Litton Cheney
Portesham
Puncknowle
Swyre
Weymouth (part of Wyke Regis; a borough from 1252)
Winterbourne Steepleton

See also

List of hundreds in Dorset

Sources

Boswell, Edward, 1833: The Civil Division of the County of Dorset (published on CD by Archive CD Books Ltd, 1992)
Hutchins, John, History of Dorset, vols 1-4 (3rd ed 1861-70; reprinted by EP Publishing, Wakefield, 1973)
Mills, A. D., 1977, 1980, 1989: Place Names of Dorset, parts 1-3. English Place Name Society: Survey of English Place Names vols LII, LIII and 59/60

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