Whitstone Hundred

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

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

• Eastington
• Frampton-on-Severn
• Frocester
• King's Stanley
• Leonard Stanley
• Stonehouse
• Wheatenhurst (now Whitminster)

Upper Division

• Fretherne
• Hardwicke
• Haresfield
• Longney
• Moreton Valence
• Randwick
• Saul
• Standish
• Quedgeley (part)

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]