English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Pimperne Hundred

Hundred in the County of Dorset

Historical Forms

  • Pinpre hundret c.1086 GeldR
  • Pinpre 1212 Fees
  • Pimper, Pympere 1244 Ass
  • Pimpre 1255 AD
  • Pympre 1269 Cl
  • Pimpr' 1280 Ass
  • Pinpern 1265 Misc
  • Pynperne 1288 Ass
  • Pynperne Forinsecus 1290 Pat
  • Pympern(e), Pimpern(e) l13 AD 1268,1280 Ass
  • 'Pymperne foreign' 1290 Fine
  • Pemperne 1664 HTax
  • Hunesberge hundret c.1086 GeldR
  • Hunebergahdr' 1175 P
  • Hundesburg' 1212 Fees
  • Langeberge hundret c.1086 GeldR
  • Langebergahdr' 1160 P
  • Langeber', Langeberg', Langeburgh 1212 Fees

Etymology

Named from Pimperne par. infra which was the caput of the hundred and to which it was annexed. Lat  forinsecus ('foreign') denotes the 'out-hundred'.