Eggardon Hundred
Hundred in the County of Dorset
Historical Forms
- Giochresdone hundret c.1086 GeldR
- Hundredum de Okelesdon' 1206,1207 P
- (Hundr' de) Ekeresdon' (× 2), Egresdon' 1244 Ass
- Ecresdon 1265 Misc
- Ekeresdene (sic) 1268 Ass
- Hekeresdon 1270 For
- (Hundr' de) Ekerdon(e) 1275 RH 1280 Ass 1285 FA 1288 Ass 1303 FA 1431 FA
- Ekredon', Hekerdon' 1288 Ass
- Egerdon 1303,1346 FA 1354 Ipm 1428 FA
- Egardon 1535 VE
- Ekerton 1334 Misc
- Edgerton 1653 ParlSurv
- Eggerton 1664 HTax
- feodo de Pourstoke 1196 ChancR
- honoris de Pourstoch' 1198 P
- Villa de Pourstoke 1327 SR
- Manerium de Porstoke 1332 ib
- 'hundred of Pouerstoke' 1392 Cl
- Libertye of Powerstock 1664 HTax
- Poorstock Liberty 1795 Boswell
Etymology
Named from Eggardon Hill, the prominent Iron-Age hillfort lying partly in Powerstock and partly in Askerswell, v. the entry in that par. infra for further early spellings and etymology. In the GeldR form, the spelling of the second letter (i ), which is superscribed and interlined above and between the g and the o , follows Ekwall DEPN, Fägersten 237, cf. Hutch3 4 lv, VCHDo 3 127, ThornDB Appendix where the reading is given as Glochresdone .