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'.