Willey Hundred
Hundred in the County of Bedfordshire
Historical Forms
- Wilge, Wilga 1086 DB
- Wilie, Wilye, Wylie, Wyly, Wylye 1166–7 P 1202,1227,1240 Ass 1276 Ass
- Bochelai, Buchelai 1086 DB
- Bukelawe 1189 P 1202 P 1247 Ass
- Bukeslawe 1202 Ass
- Buckelawe 1227 Ass 1287 Ass
- Bucklowe 1227 Ass
- Buckslowe 1227 Ass
- Bockelowe 1276 Ass
- Boclouwe 1284 FA
- Buckelowe 1287 Ass 1316 FA
Etymology
v. welig . It is clear that, though the actual site is unknown, the Hundred must have met by some well-known willow-tree.Trees often marked the site of such meeting-places (cf. Mawer, PN and History , 23).