Stodden Hundred
Hundred in the County of Bedfordshire
Historical Forms
- Stoden(e) 1086 DB 1163 P 1227 Ass
- Stodden(e) 1086 DB 1202 Ass 1287 Ass 1302,1316,1346,1428 FA
- Stodone 1175 P
- Stodesden 1177 P
- Stotden 1276 Ass
Etymology
v. stod , denu . 'Stud-valley' or possibly, if we may assume that the 1276 form preserves unassimilated consonants which have been assimilated in all the earlier forms, we should take the first element to be OE stott. The difference of sense would be slight. The site of the meeting-place of the Hundred is unknown.