Waltham Half-Hundred
Hundred in the County of Essex
Historical Forms
- Waltham, Walthā 1086 DB
- Little Waltham 1302 Ipm
- Cruc' Waltham 1361 SR
- Wautham 1198 CurR 1220 FF 1252 Ch
- Watham 1274 RH
Etymology
From DB onwards, this is indifferently called a hundred and a half-hundred. The meeting-place has not been identified.v. EAS xviii, 192. For the etymology v. infra 27.