Wixamtree Hundred
Hundred in the County of Bedfordshire
Historical Forms
- Wichestanestou, Wichenestanestou 1086 DB
- Wixtanestre 1162 P
- Wic(h)stanestre 1163,1169 P
- Wich Stanestre 1175 P
- Wicstanistre 1173,1175 P
- Wichstonestre 1176 P
- Wixtonestre, Wyxstonestre 1183 P 1287 Ass 1316,1346 FA
- Wikestonestou 1185 P
- Wicstanestan 1191 P
- Wistanestre 1202 Ass 1276 Ass
- Wykestanestre 1247 Ass
- Wyston(e)stre 1284 FA
- Wyxtontre 1428 FA
- Wixantre 1549 Pat
Etymology
OE Wīhstānes -trēo , 'Wihstan's tree,' the reference being to the tree by which the Hundred met. This name is found in the forms Wihstan , Weohstan , Weoxtan in ASC. For such tree- names, v. Mawer, PN and History 23, and cf. Willey Hundred supra 25. For the substitution of stow for treo cf. Redbornstoke Hundred supra 66 and cf. Bunsty Hundred (Bk) which has the same suffix. The site of the Hundred meeting-place is unknown.