Dacorum Hundred
Hundred in the County of Hertfordshire
Historical Forms
- Danais, Daneis 1086 DB
- Daneishdr 1160,1176,1188,1190 P 1240 RBE
- Daneshdr 1161 P
- Daneys 1255 Ass
- (de) hundredo Dacorum 1196,1230 P
- Hundred Dacor' 1248 Ass 1275 RH 1287 Ass
- Hundred de Dakore 1275 RH
- Hundredum Dacorum 1303,1402,1428 FA
- Daycorum 1539 LP
- Tredunga, Tredunge, Treunge 1086 DB
- Trawinge 1187,1190 P
- Treinge 1191 ib
Etymology
The name means '(hundred of) the Danes,' Dacorum being the genitive plural of Daci , literally 'the Dacians' or 'inhabitants of Dacia,' used erroneously in medieval times of the Danes because of a legend that certain tribes from that province had migrated to Denmark (cf. Skeat 49). Cf. St Clement Danes (London), parochie Scī Clementis Dacor '1291 Tax.