Whitchurch Canonicorum Hundred
Hundred in the County of Dorset
Historical Forms
- Witchirce hundret c.1086 GeldR
- (Hundr' de) Witchurch(e) 13 Forde 15 FF 1229 Ass 1268 Pole 1390
- Whitcherch' 1212 Fees
- Witechirche, Wyt(e)chirche 1244 Ass
- Wyt(e)church 1244 FF 1343 HarlCh
- Whitchurch, Whitchirch 1269 Ch
- Wythecherche 1275 Banco
- Whitchurche foreign hundred 1275 Ipm
- W(h)ittechurch(e) 1317 Forde 15 Weld2 1364
- Merswodenaal (sic for Merswodeuaal) 1319 FF
- Merswodeval(e) 1358 Ipm 1382 Pat 1438 ADI
- Merswodeuall' 1384 Brid
- Merswodeuale 1392 Brid
- Merswodewale 1448 Brid
- Mersheudewalle, Mershoudewalle 1331 HarlCh
- Mers(s)h(e)wodeval(e) 1335 Ch 1356 Ipm
- 'the park of Mers(s)h(e)wodeval(e)' 1488 Pat
- Mers(s)h(e)wo(o)dvale' 1404 Fine 1440 Cl
- valle de Merchewod 1338 HarlCh
- valle de Mershewood 1387 IpmR
- 'the lordship of Mersshwod(e) Vall(e)' 1401 Pat 1402 Cl
- la Seigneurie de Mersche Wode Vale 1446 AddCh
Etymology
Named from Whitchurch C. par. infra . Cf. also hundr ' de Mersshwode 1377–81CampbCh , 'hundreds of Whitchurche and Mersshwode '1410 Pat, v. Marshwood par. infra .