English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Malmesbury Hundred

Hundred in the County of Wiltshire

Historical Forms

  • Hundredum de Malmesbury 1226–8 Fees
  • Chegelawe 1196 Cur 1198 Abbr
  • Cheggelewe 1316 FA
  • Hundred de Chechemetorn, Cicimethorn
  • Cicemertone
  • Hundred de Starcheleia, Sterchelee, Sterchelai 1086 ExonDB
  • Sterchelai 1156 P
  • Sterchel' hdr 1159 ib
  • Starchelea 1164 ib
  • Sterkelaihdr 1174 ib
  • Sterkeleg' hdr 1186 ib
  • Sterkelewe 1255 RH
  • Stercheslegh 1281 Ass
  • Sterkele 1316 FA