St George Hundred
Hundred in the County of Dorset
Historical Forms
- Dorecestre hundret c.1086 GeldR
- hundredum Sancti Georgii de Dorecestria 1166 RBE
- (hundredum) Sancti Georgii 1185 P 1428 FA
- (hundredum) Sancti Georgi 1244 Ass
- (hundredum de) Sancto Georgio 1212,1219 Fees 1244 Ass
- (hundredum de) Sancto Jeorgio 1227 Fees
- Sancti Gregorii (sic) 1272 Cl
- hd of Seynt George 1329 Ipm
- Hundredum de Seint Georg 1346 FA
- hundr' de George 1462 MinAcct
- George hd 1539 LP
- hundred of (the) Georg(e) 1617 Add 1653 ParlSurv 1664 HTax
- Liberty of Fordington 1664 HTax
- Forthington Liberty 1795 Boswell
Etymology
The GeldR name is from Dorchester par. infra ; the subsequent name seems to be from the church of St George in Fordington (v. Dorchester par. infra ), which is eccl. S. Georgii in Dorcestra 1091 Osm, cf. Hutch3 2533.