Loosebarrow Hundred
Hundred in the County of Dorset
Historical Forms
- Celeberge hundret c.1086 GeldR
- Lusebergehdr' 1130 PR
- Luseberga(hundredum) 1170–1185 P
- Luseberg(h)(e) 1219,1226–8 Fees 1244 Ass 1251–2 Fees 1268 Ass 1332 Pat
- Luseberehe 1265 Misc
- Luseborgh 1303 FA
- Luseburgh 1315 Fine 1352,1369 Pat
- Lusburgh 1268 Ass 1344 Fine 1414 Cl
- Lusbergh 1303,1428 FA
- Lusbargh 1470,1475 Weld1
- Dimidium Hundredum de Lusseberwe 1280 Ass
- Loseberg(h)(e) 1212 Fees 1280 Ass 1315 Ipm 1316 FA
- quartem partem hundredi et bedelrie de Loseberg(h)(e) 1326 Wim 1340 NI 1361 IpmR
- Loseberwe 1280 Ass
- Loseburgh 1323 Inqaqd
- Losebargh 1431 FA
- Losberg 1268 Ass
- Lesseberewe (sic) 1275 RH
- Louseberouwe 1306 Ipm
- Louseburgh 1318 Pat 1388 FF
- Lousebergh 1330 Pat 1332 SR 1343
- Lousbergh(e) 1376 FF 1389 Wim
- Lowsbarrow 1692 Weld1
Etymology
The 11th cent, name is from Charborough in Morden par. infra . Loosebarrow means 'louse-infested, or small and insig- nificant, barrow or hill', from lūs (gen.pl. lūsa ) and beorg ; according to Hutch3 3 494 it was the name of a barrow (then almost levelled) 'near the west end of Charborough Down', where the hundred courts were formerly held, so that the change of name does not indicate a change of meeting place (cf. Rowbarrow hundred 1 4). The name Loosebarrow is identical with on lusa beorg 934 BCS 699, cf. on lusebeorg 940 ib 748 (both W), and probably with the f.ns. Lausborough, Lawsborough, Lowsborough in Dorchester 1362, Lousebarrow in Corfe M. par., and Lush Barrows in Kinson par. (all supra ); for a discussion of the meaning and form of the name, v. Forsberg 182–6. In 1332 SR the tithing of Spettisbury in this hundred is itself called Lousebergh , v. Spettisbury par. infra .