Hundred of Berkeley

The hundred of Berkeley was one of the ancient hundreds of Gloucestershire, England. Hundreds originated in the late Saxon period as a subdivision of a county and lasted as administrative divisions until the 19th century.[1]

This article is about the ancient hundred in Gloucestershire, England. For Berkeley Hundred in Virginia, see Berkeley Hundred.
Gloucestershire Hundreds in 1832

Berkeley Hundred was divided into two separate parts, the Lower Division and the Upper Division.

The Lower Division consisted of several detached parts, including the ancient parishes of

The Upper Division consisted of the parishes of

The meeting place was at Berkeley.

References
  1. Webb, Sidney; Webb, Beatrice (1906). English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act: the parish and the county. London: Longmans Green and Company. pp. 284–285.
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