Redlane Hundred and Gillingham Liberty
Hundred in the County of Dorset
Historical Forms
- (Hund' de) La Redelane 1252,1270(1371) Pat 1280 Ass 1285 FA
- Gillingham et Redelane 1288 Ass 1446 Fine
- La Rede Lane 1270 Pat
- Redelane 1303 1448 et freq
- Redlane 1325 Inqaqd 1542 LP
- Rede lane 1539 ib
- Red Lane 1664 HTax
- Ridelawe 1252 Fees
- la Ridelan 1265 Misc
- Rydelan(e) 1303 FA 1326 Orig 1444 MinAcct
- Ridelane 1325 Pat
- Ridelane et Gillyngham 1428 FA
- la Rydelane 1332 SR
- Redendale (sic) 1270 Pat
- La Radelawe 1273 Cl
- Reedlane 1451 FF
- Ferendone hundret c.1086 GeldR
- Ferdon' 1178 P
- Ferndone 1178 ChancR
- Ferendon' 1212,1219 Fees
- Gelingeham hundret c.1086 GeldR
- Hundredum de Gillingeham 1212 Fees 1262 Pat 1265 Misc 1303 FA
- (Hund' de) Gillingham 1244 Ass 1252 Ch 1300 GillCt
- Hund' de Gelingham, Hund' de Gylingham 1244 Ass
- Gyllyngham 1280 QW
- Hund' de Redelane et Gilyngham 1280 Ass
- hondredum de Gillingeham et La Redelane 1285 FA
- Hund' de Gillingham et (de la) Redelane 1288 Ass
- (Hund' de) Guillyngham 1303 FA
- Gillyngham 1397 WRO
- Hund' de Ridelane et Gillyngham 1428 FA
- the Quenez…libertie and free warren adioyning to hyr graces Forest of Gyllyngham 1535 Ct
- Liberty of Gillingham 1592 VCHDo(2146) 1664 HTax
- liberty of Stowre Preaux 1592 VCHDo(2146)
- Liberty of Stowre Provost 1664 HTax
Etymology
Named from Red Lane ('the red lane', v. rēad , lane ) in Todber par. infra . This place would be roughly central when the new hundred was formed in the 13th cent. by the amalgamation of Ferendone hundred with part of Gelingeham hundred (i.e. the 'out-hundred'). For further speculation as to why this name was chosen for the new hundred, v. N.H. Field, DoNHAS Newsletter 18 (December 1981), 6–9. In 1664 HTax, Redlane was also the name of a tithing in Sturminster Newton hundred.