Cranborne Hundred
Hundred in the County of Dorset
Historical Forms
- Albretesberge hundret c.1086 GeldR
- Hundredum de Alvredesberge 1212 Fees
- Craneburnehdr' 1168 P 1175 P 1182 P 1196 P
- Craneburn'hundredum 1178 P
- Craneburgehundredum 1195 P
- Craneburnehundredum 1196 ChancR
- Craneburn(e) 1244 Ass 1268 Ass 1288 Ass 1265 Misc 1269 Cl
- 'honour of Craneburn(e)' 1324 1346 FA
- Croneburne 1268 Ass
- Craneborn(e) 1268 ib
- 'Craneborn(e) foreign hundred' 1297,1314 Ipm 1439 Cl
- Cranebourne 1280 Ass 1542 LP
- Cranburn 1382 Pat
- Crambo(u)rne 1428 FA 1509 BrEll 1664 HTax
Etymology
Named from Cranborne par. infra which was the caput of the hundred and to which it was annexed. In the 1314 form, 'foreign' no doubt renders Lat forinsecus denoting the 'out-hundred'.