Goldspur Hundred
Hundred in the County of Sussex
Historical Forms
- Colespore 1086 DB 1248 Ass
- Colspore 1279 Ass 1316 FA
- Colspure 1279 Ass 1334 Ipm
- Culespore 1180 P
- Kulespor 1262 Ass
- Culspore 1290 Pat
- Coulspor 1265 Misc
- Gulespore 1230 P
- Gulspor(e) 1279 Ass 1291 Pat
Etymology
The site of the hundred meeting-place is unknown. The second element in the name would seem to be OE spor , 'track, footprint,' but no interpretation of the name as a whole can be offered. There is a Goldspur Wood in Mountfield which seems to contain the same name.