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noted, that those which have detached portions were formerly far 
more extensive than they now are, and have been limited by the 
encroachments of their neighbours. Such are Lifton, Hartland, 
Braunton, West Budleigh, Clyston, Wonford, and, so far as the 
isolated fragment of Devon, now part of Dorset, in which Ford 
Abbey is situated, Axminster. 
Taking the names in order as they stand, we find that Merton is 
now represented by Shebbear and probably Winkleigh, having 
been one of the largest hundreds in the county at the time of 
the Survey. Molland, which only appears in A, is included with 
South Molton. Dippesforde and Hermtone must be taken to- 
gether ; but while the former appears in all three Domesday lists, 
the latter is seen in A only, and must therefore be included, for B 
and C, under one of the adjoining hundreds ; that is, either under 
Plympton or Dippesford. When we consult the map we find that 
Diptford, whence the old hundred was named, is fairly central for 
the three modern hundreds of Ermington, Stanborough, and Cole- 
ridge. It is certainly represented by the two latter, and I believe 
that it also included the greater part of Ermington, while Plympton 
took in the portion between the present boundary of that hundred 
and the Erme. We may perhaps find the reason for the disappear- 
ance of Ermington in the fact of the ravages committed on that 
part of the coast from the sea — partially depopulating the district 
—and this would help to fix the date of the first list as antecedent 
to the great Danish invasions. Carswell Hundred is Haytor ; and 
the only thing to notice in Teignbridge is, that the modern name 
follows list B instead of the other two, which read Teintone. My 
impression, from the present aspect of the boundaries, is, that there 
has been a considerable change here, and that Wonford Hundred 
once occupied the full area of both. Neither Wenford, Esseministre, 
nor Clistone need further comment now, and Hermtone has been 
dealt with. 
We next come to a hundred which the Lysons were unable to 
identify, but which to a native of this locality should present no 
difficulty — the hundred of Walchentone. This still exists in speech 
in the popular name of Walkhampton — Wackington, and is now 
represented by the hundred of Eoborough. Here we have simply a 
change of name. This is the second instance in which the modern 
names follow B ; the third is in the omission of Sulfertone. 
The chief differences between the ancient and the modern hun- 
