Monkton Up Wimborne Hundred or Up Wimborne Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the parishes of Chettle, part of Cranborne, and Tarrant Monkton.
The name Monkton Up Wimborne is applied on modern maps to a rural area north-west of Wimborne St Giles.
See also
References
- 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 1861âÂÂ70; reprinted by EP Publishing, Wakefield, 1973)
- Mills, A. D., 1977, 1980, 1989: Place Names of Dorset, parts 1âÂÂ3. English Place Name Society: Survey of English Place Names vols LII, LIII and 59/60