51°57′11″N1°58′05″W / 51.953°N 1.968°W / 51.953; -1.968Winchcombeshire was an ancient county in the South West of England, in the Anglo-Saxon period, with Winchcombe as its county town. The county originated in the shiring of Mercia in the tenth or early eleventh centuries, perhaps by King Edward the Elder in the early 920s. It was merged into Gloucestershire in the early eleventh century, probably by King Cnut in 1017.[1]
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51°57′11″N 1°58′05″W / 51.953°N 1.968°W / 51.953; -1.968 Winchcombeshire was an ancient county in the South West of England, in the Anglo-Saxon period...
Tamworth. In the 11th century, the town was briefly the county town of Winchcombeshire. The Anglo-Saxon St Kenelm, said to be a son of Coenwulf, is believed...
including the vill of Howgrave. Hallamshire Howdenshire Hullshire Winchcombeshire Guide to Local Administrative Units of England Volume II : Northern...
close of the 11th century, the boundaries were readjusted to include Winchcombeshire, previously a county by itself, and at the same time the forest district...
is now a part of the city of Southampton. A "lost" Saxon county was Winchcombeshire which lasted from 1007 to 1017 before being incorporated into Gloucestershire...
certain administrative purposes. Allertonshire Hallamshire Hullshire Winchcombeshire "Howdenshire Wapentake :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham...
Hexhamshire History of Yorkshire List of hundreds of England and Wales Winchcombeshire "Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages); Mid-2005...
where it is called Tuinaeum, part of Gretestane in the county of Winchcombeshire and then mentioned in Domesday Book, described as "Tu(e)ninge, Kings...
Childswickham". e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2021. "Winchcombeshire (1007-1017) – a short-lived county adjoining Wickhamford and Badsey"...
counties of England Allertonshire Hallamshire Howdenshire Richmondshire Winchcombeshire "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 2 July 2015. "History of the Shire"...
borough in 1888, and gained city status in 1897. Hallamshire Hexhamshire Winchcombeshire Tickell 1798, pp. 661–2. Gent 1869, Chap. VII pp. 99–100 (p). Tickell...
Warwickshire, and Winchcombeshire straddled an area bounded by the River Avon, Vale of Evesham and the Cotswold Hills. Winchcombeshire's existence was short-lived...
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