Sixpenny Handley Hundred
Hundred in the County of Dorset
Historical Forms
- Sexpene hundret c.1086 GeldR
- (hund' de) Sexpen' 1212 Fees
- Sexpenne 1244,1268 Ass 1303,1346 FA c.1500 Eg
- Sexepenne 1244 Ass 1316 FA
- Sexpen 1303 FA 15 ShaftR 1428 FA 1535 VE
- Hanglege hundret c.1086 GeldR
- (hund' de) Hanlegh(e), (hund' de) Hanleg' 1244 Ass
- Hundred' de Henleg' et de Sexpon 1265 Misc
- hund' de Henley et Sexpenne, hund' de Sexpenn' et de Hanleg' 1268 Ass
- hund' de Sexpenne et de Henleye 1275 RH
- hund' de Sexpenne et Henlegh(e) 1280 Ass 1280 Pat 1490 SR 1332
- hundredum de Sexpen et Hanle 1431 FA
- Sixpenhanley hd 1542 LP
- Seppenhanley hd 1570 Anderson
- Hundred of Sixpenny Handly 1664 HTax
Etymology
The hundred takes the two parts of its present name from Sixpenny (Fm) in Fontmell M. par. and from Handley par. for both of which v. infra .