English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Dengie Hundred

Hundred in the County of Essex

Historical Forms

  • Witbrictesherna, Wibrictesherna 1086 DB
  • Wibrihtesherne 1154–61 Colch
  • Danesie, Danesia 1185,1186 P
  • Danesheia 1199 Fees
  • Danesee 1264 Misc
  • Deneseye 1274 RH
  • Denegeia 1189–99 Dugdiv
  • Dangeye 1251 Ch
  • Dansing, Dansyng 14th KCD899 1323 For
  • Deanes, Devenyshe 1545 LP
  • Danseie 1586 Harrison
  • Denge, Dansye or Dansing 1594 N
  • Dancy 1713 Deed

Etymology

Originally 'Wihtbeorht 's corner,' v. hyrne . The hundred is a peninsula bounded on three sides by the estuary of the Blackwater, the North Sea and the Crouch. For Dengie v. infra 213.