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Badbury Hundred

Hundred in the County of Dorset

Historical Forms

  • Bedeberie hundret c.1086 GeldR
  • Badeberihundredum 1182,1185 P
  • (hundr' de) Badebir(e) 1212 Fees
  • Hundr' de Badebire et Canedon' 1244 Ass
  • Badebur(') 1265 Misc 1280 Ass
  • Baddeberi 1219 Fees
  • Baddebir', Baddebyr(e) 1230 P 1244 Ass 1294 Queens
  • Baddebur' 1275 RH 1288 Ass
  • Baddebury 1288 1294 Queens 1552 DLCt
  • Baddebyry 1280 Ass
  • Baddebiri 1372 ChrP
  • Baddeburi 1310,1322 Ipm
  • Badbir' 1286 Ch 1313 Ass 1288
  • Badbur' 1288 ib
  • Badbury(e) 1379 Pat
  • Canendone hundret c.1086 GeldR
  • Canedon' 1212 Fees
  • Hundr' de Badebire et Canedon' 1244 Ass
  • Kenedun' 1219 Fees

Etymology

named from Badbury Rings in Shapwick par. infra .