English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Gillingham Hundred and Gillingham Liberty

Domesday Hundred in the County of Dorset

Historical Forms

  • Gelingeham hundret c.1086 GeldR
  • Hundredum de Gillingeham 1212 Fees 1262 Pat 1265 Misc 1303 FA
  • (Hund' de) Gillingham 1244 Ass 1252 Ch 1300 GillCt
  • Hund' de Gelingham, Hund' de Gylingham 1244 Ass
  • Gyllyngham 1280 QW
  • Hund' de Redelane et Gilyngham 1280 Ass
  • hondredum de Gillingeham et La Redelane 1285 FA
  • Hund' de Gillingham et (de la) Redelane 1288 Ass
  • (Hund' de) Guillyngham 1303 FA
  • Gillyngham 1397 WRO
  • Hund' de Ridelane et Gillyngham 1428 FA
  • the Quenez…libertie and free warren adioyning to hyr graces Forest of Gyllyngham 1535 Ct
  • Liberty of Gillingham 1592 VCHDo(2146) 1664 HTax

Parishes in this Domesday Hundred