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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kiftsgate Hundred (Upper Division)

Hundred in the County of Gloucestershire

Historical Forms

  • Celfledetorn(e), Celfle(o)de, Ceolflede hd' 1086 DB
  • Cheftesihat 1086 DB
  • Keftesgate hundredum 1183,1187 P 1274 RH 1284,1484 Pat
  • Keftegate 1303 FA 1485 Pat
  • Kiftesgate, Kyftesgate hundredum, Kyftesgat' 1193 P 1220 Fees 1233 Pat 1248 Ass 1255 Cl 1259 WinchLB 1274 RH 1279 Ipm 1285 FA 1568 Comm
  • Kiftesygate 1221 Ass
  • Kiftesygwat 1221 Eyre
  • Kiftesyiate 1221 Ass
  • Kiftesy(h)ate 1248 ib
  • Kuftesgat(e) 1227–1230 Pat
  • Kufteseyte 1236 Theok
  • Skuftesgat(e) 1223,1228 Pat
  • Khyftesyate 1248 Ass
  • Kiftegate, Kyftegate 1251 Pat 1287 Ass 1316 FA 1395 Pat
  • Kyfhyate 1495 Rent
  • Kyfgate 1536 ib
  • Kippisgate 1518 Glouc
  • Kuesgate c.1560 Surv
  • Witelai hundredum, Witelai hd', Witelai hvnd' 11 Heming 1086 DB
  • Widelei h(vn)d', Wideles h(vn)d' 1086 DB
  • Wichtele hdr' 1169 P
  • Hennemerse 1235 Ipm

Etymology

The hundred is named from Kifts Gate (250, 261infra ). Cf. also Spelsbury (250infra ).