Ploughley Hundred
Hundred in the County of Oxfordshire
Historical Forms
- Pokedelawa 1169 P 1293 Cl
- Powhedel' 1280 Os
- Powhedelowe, Pouhhedelowe, Poughhedelowe 1285 Ass
- Powedlowe 1284–5 FA
- Poghedelowe 1316 FA
- spelburghe c.1139 Godstow c.1450
- spelleburge, sepelburge c.1250 Godstow c.1450
Etymology
The name originally denoted a barrow just south of the Bear Inn in Fritwell, which is not there now, but is described by William Stukeley (Itinerarium Curiosum , 2nd edition, London 1776, 43) as “a curious barrow, neatly turned like a bell, small and high.” Second element hlāw , 'tumulus.' The first is doubtless, as suggested by Anderson, pohhede , 'baggy.' A personal name *Pohhede derived from Pohha is formally possible.
Parishes in this Hundred
Parish
- Ardley
- Bicester
- Bletchingdon
- Bucknell
- Caversfield
- Charlton on Otmoor
- Chesterton
- Cottisford
- Fencot and Murcot
- Finmere
- Fringford
- Fritwell
- Godington
- Hampton Gay and Poyle
- Hardwick with Tusmore
- Hethe
- Islip
- Kirtlington
- Launton
- Lower Heyford
- Middleton Stoney
- Mixbury
- Newton Purcell with Shelswell
- Noke
- Oddington
- Somerton
- Souldern
- Stoke Lyne
- Stratton Audley
- Upper Heyford
- Wendlebury
- Weston on the Green