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Hundred Barrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Regis

Historical Forms

  • Hundred Barrow Four Acres 1845 TA
  • a place called Hundredes Barrowe 1593 Lane

Etymology

, Hundred Barrow Four Acres 1845TA , a place called Hundredes Barrowe 1593Lane , v. hundred , beorg ; this tumulus ( marked 6 ″ ) was the meeting place of the old hundred of Bere Regis , and gave its name to the new hundred taken out of it now called Barrow hundred q. v. infra , v. Anderson 125 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement